states Crossword Puzzles

Top 25 Gov Vocab 2024-05-10

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When the Supreme Court applies rights and freedoms to states as outlined in the Bill of Rights
A governing document that created a union of 13 sovereign states in which the states, not the union, were supreme
A theory that widespread participation is essential for Democratic government
Authority specifically granted to a branch of the government in the Constitution
Supreme Court case that made the national government stronger by supporting the Supremacy Clause and the Necessary and Proper Clause
Federalist paper that advocated for a strong executive with its own branch of government
The departments and agencies within the executive branch that carry out the laws of the nation
Supreme Court case that ruled that Congress may not use the Commerce Clause to make posession of a gun in a school zone a federal crime
The sharing of powers between the national government and the states
Amendment that states that powers that are not specifically given to the federal government, nor withheld from the states, are reserved to those respective states

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A popular uprising against the government of Massachusetts
Clause of the Constitution that states that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws
The experiences and factors that shape an individual's political values, attitudes, and behaviors
A powerful committee that determines when a bill will be subject to debate and vote on the House floor, how long the debate will last, and whether amendments will be allowed on the floor
A theory of governance in which the government only has those powers delegated to it by law, often through a written constitution
The executive branch office that assists the president in setting national spending priorities
The essential function through which legislators determine whether current laws and appropriations are achieving intended results
Clause of the Constitution granting Congress the powers necessary to carry out its enumerated powers
A constitutionally required process for selecting the president through states of electors chosen in each state, who are pledged to vote for a nominee in the presidential election
The authority of the Supreme Court to strike down a law or executive action if it conflicts with the Constitution
Federalist paper that advocated for separation of powers and checks and balances
The intentional use of redistricting to benefit a specific interest or group of voters
Clause of the Constitution that establishes the Constitution and the laws of the federal government passed under its authority as the highest laws of the land
Supreme Court case that set the precedent that students still have constitutional rights while they're at school
Comprises the 1st ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution

25 Clues: Comprises the 1st ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution • A popular uprising against the government of Massachusetts • The sharing of powers between the national government and the states • A theory that widespread participation is essential for Democratic government • Authority specifically granted to a branch of the government in the Constitution • ...

Between Wars 2021-10-31

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An American composer referred to as the "Dean of American Composers"
An American author of realistic and imaginative writing
An American composer, pianist, and orchestra leader
A series of federal programs, public work projects, financial reforms and regulations enacted in the United States in response to the Great Depression
An American artist of flowers, skyscrapers, and Mexican landscapes
An American writer of the Jazz age
was the 32nd president of the United States and led the U.S. out of the Great Depression
A tax on imports or exports between sovereign states
A severe worldwide economic depression took place during the 1930's in the United States
An American composer and pianist
An African American blues singer
The state of being unemployed
The capital raised by a business or corporation through the issue and subscription of shares

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An African American painter of African American life
An equity market of buyers and sellers of stocks which represent ownerships claims on businesses
An African American trumpet player considered the greatest ever
The movement of 6 million African-Americans from the South to the North
An intellectual, social and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York
An African American poet of jazz
The central banking system of the United States
Engagement in business transactions involving considerable risk but offering the chance of huge gains

21 Clues: The state of being unemployed • An African American poet of jazz • An American composer and pianist • An African American blues singer • An American writer of the Jazz age • The central banking system of the United States • An American composer, pianist, and orchestra leader • An African American painter of African American life • ...

President Richard Nixon 2023-01-23

President Richard Nixon crossword puzzle

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A list of prominent people seen as unsympathetic towards the administration.
Fellow crew member to Neil Armstrong.
States were asked to assume greater responsibility for the well-being of their citizens.
Former United States Secretary of State.
Nixon's belligerent Vice-President who took on opponents much like he did.
Nixon turned to this to combat stagflation.
A period of high inflation combined with economic stagnation.
Froze the number of strategic ballistic missile launchers at existing levels.
United States attacked this country to eliminate North Vietnamese strongholds.
Major poltiical scandal in the U.S. that involved Richard Nixon.
The first man to walk on the moon.
In what year did Nixon visit become the first president to visit China?

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Replaces Nixon's previous Vice-President.
Relaxation of tensions between the U.S. and the Communist nations.
After its Communist takeover China's government was called this.
Imposed an embargo on shipping oil to the United States.
Nixon talked with this country to limit nuclear arms.
A strategy that aimed to reduce American involvement in the Vietnam conflict.
United States viewed this country as China's true rulers.
Secret government information was leaked to this media source.
Leaked by Daniel Ellsburg to the NY Times.
Listening devices that were installed to stop information leaks.
Name of the spaceship Neil Armstrong operated.

23 Clues: The first man to walk on the moon. • Fellow crew member to Neil Armstrong. • Former United States Secretary of State. • Replaces Nixon's previous Vice-President. • Leaked by Daniel Ellsburg to the NY Times. • Nixon turned to this to combat stagflation. • Name of the spaceship Neil Armstrong operated. • Nixon talked with this country to limit nuclear arms. • ...

Bellwork puzzle 2020-09-30

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an are that only grows one type of crop
a country gains welt through trade with other countries
was the first president of the united states
a proposal to establish a bicameral legislature in the newly formed United States
a form of democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly
the surrender at Yorktown
a proposal for the structure of the U.S. government
was a founding father who served as the third president of the United States
made sure the colonist get their sugar from Britain
didn't allow colonists to settle west of the Appalachians
war between countries of British american and new France
was a military commander, statesman, and founding father

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a document written by the 13 colonies declaring freedom from Great Britain
peaceful protest held by the sons of liberty in December 16,1776
the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
presidential proclamation issued by the United States
was king of Britain during the American Revolution
a form of government operating on principles adopted from a republic and democracy
was a small but private battle that took place December 26, 1776
required printed material in the colonies to be produced by stamped paper in London
Parliament restricted colonial trade
an american social reformer, abolitionist, writer, and statesman

22 Clues: the surrender at Yorktown • Parliament restricted colonial trade • an are that only grows one type of crop • was the first president of the united states • was king of Britain during the American Revolution • a proposal for the structure of the U.S. government • made sure the colonist get their sugar from Britain • presidential proclamation issued by the United States • ...

Unit 4 Quiz Study Guide 2021-03-04

Unit 4 Quiz Study Guide crossword puzzle

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A(n) ______________________ is a tax on goods leaving to entering some place. Down
____________________ means occurring between states, such as trade.
The President was part of the __________________.
The New Jersey Plan much like the Articles of Confederation called for a _________ central government.
A group of farmers rebelled in Massachusetts against taxes. This was known as __________________.
A(n) _____________________ is a good brought in from another country.
The ________________ includes the Supreme Court and other lower courts.
The Articles of confederation did not give ______________ the power to collect taxes.

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What are the first 10 amendments to the constitution called?
______________________ was the first state to ratify the Constitution.
__________________________ such as Thomas Jefferson wanted states to have more power.
___________________ supported the constitution.
In the _____________ plan, every state had the same number of representatives.
The states had to ___________________the constitution to make it the law of the land.
Three out of five slaves would be included in population and taxation counts for the southern states. This was know as the __________ compromise.
The _____________________was a plan that called for two different houses in congress; one based on population and one equal.
The Northwest Territory could be divided into states when _______ was large enough.
Today the Legislative Branch is made up of the _______ and the House of Representatives.
Many ________________________ settled in the Northwest Territory.
The ___________________ was also known as the large state plan.

20 Clues: ___________________ supported the constitution. • The President was part of the __________________. • What are the first 10 amendments to the constitution called? • The ___________________ was also known as the large state plan. • Many ________________________ settled in the Northwest Territory. • ...

The Civil War Kaitlin Tenorio 2017-02-13

The Civil War Kaitlin Tenorio crossword puzzle

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to care for those who were wounded, sick, or homeless in wartime
the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War
an unrecognized country of 11 slave states from 1861 to 1865
Enlistment for state service
American politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States
The 18th president of the United states
A presidential proclamation by Abraham Lincoln
The action of leading a group
A battle during July 1–3, 1863 around the town of Gettysburg,by Union and Confederate forces
A writ requiring a person under arrest
battle in the south
withdraw from membership

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a group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled by machine
General of the confederate army of Northern Virginia
A state in the south of the United states
a strategy to supress the Confederacy at the beginning of the American Civil War
an American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln
President of the Confederate States
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime
a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia from November 15 to December 21, 1864 by Maj
one of the last battles of the American Civil War
seafort in Carolina notable for two battles in the American Civil war

22 Clues: battle in the south • withdraw from membership • Enlistment for state service • The action of leading a group • President of the Confederate States • A writ requiring a person under arrest • The 18th president of the United states • A state in the south of the United states • A presidential proclamation by Abraham Lincoln • one of the last battles of the American Civil War • ...

Between Wars 2018-02-11

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An American composer referred to as the "Dean of American Composers"
An American author of realistic and imaginative writing
An American composer, pianist, and orchestra leader
A series of federal programs, public work projects, financial reforms and regulations enacted in the United States in response to the Great Depression
An American artist of flowers, skyscrapers, and Mexican landscapes
An American writer of the Jazz age
was the 32nd president of the United States and led the U.S. out of the Great Depression
A tax on imports or exports between sovereign states
A severe worldwide economic depression took place during the 1930's in the United States
An American composer and pianist
An African American blues singer
The state of being unemployed
The capital raised by a business or corporation through the issue and subscription of shares

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An African American painter of African American life
An equity market of buyers and sellers of stocks which represent ownerships claims on businesses
An African American trumpet player considered the greatest ever
The movement of 6 million African-Americans from the South to the North
An intellectual, social and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York
An African American poet of jazz
The central banking system of the United States
Engagement in business transactions involving considerable risk but offering the chance of huge gains

Civil War and Reconstruction 2024-05-22

Civil War and Reconstruction crossword puzzle

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System where freedmen worked land owned by others for a share of the crops
Agency assisting freed slaves during Reconstruction
Acts Laws dividing the South into military districts
President after Lincoln, faced impeachment
President during the Civil War
Northern Democrats who opposed the Civil War
Lincoln's declaration freeing slaves in Confederate states
Key issue leading to the Civil War
Act of Southern states leaving the Union
Amendments (13th, 14th, 15th) ensuring rights for African Americans
Laws restricting the rights of freedmen after the Civil War
General of the Union Army
Conductor of the Underground Railroad
Courthouse where Lee surrendered to Grant
Southern whites who supported Reconstruction

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General of the Confederate Army
Congress members who supported harsh Reconstruction policies
First battle of the Civil War
Group using violence to oppose Reconstruction
Bloodiest single-day battle in American history
Assassin of Abraham Lincoln
Agreement ending Reconstruction by withdrawing federal troops from the South
State laws enforcing racial segregation in the South
Principle used by Southern states to justify secession
Abolished slavery in the United States
Major turning point battle of the Civil War
Union campaign through the South causing widespread destruction
Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction
Nurse who founded the American Red Cross
President of the Confederate States of America

30 Clues: General of the Union Army • Assassin of Abraham Lincoln • First battle of the Civil War • President during the Civil War • General of the Confederate Army • Key issue leading to the Civil War • Conductor of the Underground Railroad • Abolished slavery in the United States • Nurse who founded the American Red Cross • Act of Southern states leaving the Union • ...

Unit 2: Federalism and the Arizona Government 2025-08-18

Unit 2: Federalism and the Arizona Government crossword puzzle

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State-level constitution that guarantees rights and allows direct democracy
Government that manages currency, war, treaties, and border security
Constitutional clause giving Congress power to regulate trade between states
States that powers not given to the federal government are reserved to the states
Government of Native nations recognized as separate political entities
System dividing power between national and state governments
Government with authority over schools, elections, and state laws
Process where citizens can propose new laws through petitions and voting
Official count of the population used to determine representation and funding

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Part of the Constitution that makes federal law the “supreme law of the land”
National government must protect states from invasion and guarantee republican government
Powers set aside for the states, such as education and elections
City and county governments that provide services like policing and zoning
Supreme Court case that expanded federal power to regulate interstate commerce
Duties such as voting, serving on juries, and paying taxes
Right of Native American tribes to govern themselves within U.S. borders
Process where citizens vote directly to approve or reject laws passed by the legislature
Process allowing citizens to remove elected officials before their term ends

18 Clues: Duties such as voting, serving on juries, and paying taxes • System dividing power between national and state governments • Powers set aside for the states, such as education and elections • Government with authority over schools, elections, and state laws • Government that manages currency, war, treaties, and border security • ...

Road to the Civil War Part 2 2021-04-20

Road to the Civil War Part 2 crossword puzzle

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Was part of the Compromise of 1850. The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. The act also made the federal government responsible for finding, returning and trying escaped slaves.
An American military leader who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As president, Grant was an effective civil rights executive who created the Justice Department and worked with the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction to protect African Americans.
Commonly referred to as the Confederate States or the Confederacy, was an unrecognized breakaway state in existence from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865, that fought against the United States of America during the American Civil War.
An island fortification located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina most famous for being the site of the first shots of the Civil War (1861-65). ... Beauregard bombarded Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, kicking off the battle.
A presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862, during the Civil War.
Were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States.
Was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired in the Mexican–American War.
An unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican–American War. The conflict over the Wilmot Proviso was one of the major events leading to the American Civil War.
The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands was an important agency of early Reconstruction, assisting freedmen in the South.
Refers to the diplomatic methods employed by the Confederacy during the American Civil War to coerce the United Kingdom and France to support the Confederate war effort by implementing a cotton trade embargo against the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe.
Was an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. As a member of the Democratic Party, he represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives before the American Civil War.
An American Confederate general best known as a commander of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He led the Army of Northern Virginia from 1862 until its surrender in 1865 and earned a reputation as a skilled tactician.
A raid on Harpers Ferry was an effort by abolitionist John Brown, from October 16 to 18, 1859, to initiate a slave revolt in Southern states by taking over the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. It has been called the dress rehearsal for, or Tragic Prelude to, the Civil War.
Withdraw formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.
Also known as the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments is a document signed in 1848 by 68 women and 32 men—100 out of some 300 attendees at the first women's rights convention to be organized by women.
Was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War.
In the American Civil War, site in Virginia of the surrender of the Confederate forces to those of the North on April 9, 1865. ... Robert E. Lee surrendered to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, thus effectively ending the Civil War.

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Repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories and allowed for popular sovereignty. It also produced a violent uprising known as “Bleeding Kansas,” as proslavery and antislavery activists flooded into the territories to sway the vote.
Published in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S. and is said to have "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War".
A speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on the afternoon of November 19, 1863.
Military conflict in which the contenders are willing to make any sacrifice in lives and other resources to obtain a complete victory, as distinguished from limited war. Throughout history, limitations on the scope of warfare have been more economic and social than political.
An American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17.
Occurred from May 23 and continued until May 26, 1856, with the killings occurring on the night of May 24 and the morning of May.
Either of two distinct U.S. hate organizations that employed terror in pursuit of their white supremacist agenda.
Also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the Southern United States, was a battle of the American Civil War, fought on September 17, 1862.
In U.S. history, the period (1865–77) that followed the American Civil War and during which attempts were made to redress the inequities of slavery and its political, social, and economic legacy and to solve the problems arising from the readmission to the Union of the 11 states that had seceded at or before the outbreak of war.
An American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation through the American Civil War, the country's greatest moral, cultural, constitutional, and political crisis.
Referred to as the GOP ("Grand Old Party"), is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... The party opposed the expansion of slavery before 1861 and led the fight to destroy the Confederate States of America (1861–1865).
An enslaved African-American man in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom and that of his wife, Harriet Robinson Scott, and their two daughters in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857, popularly known as the "Dred Scott decision"

29 Clues: Were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. • Withdraw formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization. • Either of two distinct U.S. hate organizations that employed terror in pursuit of their white supremacist agenda. • ...

Unit 8: Civil War 2024-05-15

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Barriers which were about breast-high and protected soldiers from enemy fire
a group of states that left the United States
workers
Division of the army that handled cannon and other large weapons
A series of military operations that form a distinct phase of the War
fights happening

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The name given for the states that remained loyal to the United States during the Civil War
The murder of a prominent person such as Abraham Lincoln
withdraw formally from membership in an organization
An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
The back end of a weapon's barrel.
A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery
Soldiers trained to fight on horseback
Proclamation. Document freeing slaves in Union-controlled Confederate states

14 Clues: workers • fights happening • The back end of a weapon's barrel. • Soldiers trained to fight on horseback • a group of states that left the United States • withdraw formally from membership in an organization • A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery • The murder of a prominent person such as Abraham Lincoln • ...

Early US Crossword 2017-12-18

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Who the national government had to ask for money from under the AoC
Shot(s) hear round the world
Number of states necessary to alter the AoC
Breakup letter the Patriots sent KGIII
Turning point in the war
Forced Great Britain to accept American independence in 1783
Source of propaganda for the Patriots
Every conflict in North America results in this group somehow losing

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Commander of the Continental Army
Author of the DoI
Number of states necessary to pass a law under the Aoc
Power the national government lacked under the AoC
America's first form of government
Enlightenment thinker who advocated for Natural Rights and the Social Contract
Final major battle of the war
American battle tactic
What Great Britain was left with after winning the French and Indian War
One of the states that came out of the Northwest Ordinance
European country that provided the most aid to the Americans during the war

19 Clues: Author of the DoI • American battle tactic • Turning point in the war • Shot(s) hear round the world • Final major battle of the war • Commander of the Continental Army • America's first form of government • Source of propaganda for the Patriots • Breakup letter the Patriots sent KGIII • Number of states necessary to alter the AoC • ...

Early US Crossword 2017-12-18

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Forced Great Britain to accept American independence in 1783
Enlightenment thinker who advocated for Natural Rights and the Social Contract
Source of propaganda for the Patriots
Shot(s) hear round the world
Number of states necessary to pass a law under the Aoc
American battle tactic
Breakup letter the Patriots sent KGIII
One of the states that came out of the Northwest Ordinance
Who the national government had to ask for money from under the AoC

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Commander of the Continental Army
What Great Britain was left with after winning the French and Indian War
America's first form of government
Final major battle of the war
Power the national government lacked under the AoC
Turning point in the war
Author of the DoI
Number of states necessary to alter the AoC
European country that provided the most aid to the Americans during the war
Every conflict in North America results in this group somehow losing

Vocab #4 2020-02-04

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all the shares into which ownership of the corporation is divided
Famous for his innovative methods of playing the trumpet and cornet
Programs that helped improve the lives of people suffering from the events of depresion
An American fiction writer, whose works helped illustrate the flamboyance and excess of the jazz age
An American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist
The 32nd president of the United States
A stock change
African American painter known for his portrayal of African American life

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A culture movement in the United States
A tax on imports and exports between sovereign states
When people above a specific age are not in paid employment or self-employment
The movement of 6 million African Americans out of the southern United States
To assume an excessive amount of buisness risk in speculating on something
A severe worldwide economic depression
Known for his broadway musicals as well as his world famous orchestral compositions
The central banking system of the United States of America
American composer in the 1920s
An American writer best known for his novel about social consequences of the great depression in America
A famous American artist in the 1920s
One of the most popular and successful blues singers of the 1920s
Played a large part in the evolution of jazz

21 Clues: A stock change • American composer in the 1920s • A famous American artist in the 1920s • A severe worldwide economic depression • A culture movement in the United States • The 32nd president of the United States • Played a large part in the evolution of jazz • A tax on imports and exports between sovereign states • ...

SpencerCochranMyGoat 2026-02-19

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Attorney General of the United States. page 16-17
Laws made to legalize race segregation. page 16-17
Former President of Venezuela. page 7-10
Female Black Rapper. page 7-10
Who is the director of ICE? page 4-6
President of Israel
The amount of immigrants arrested by ICE.
Prime Minister of Ireland. page 7-10
The current age of the United States. page 16-17
Retired Mechanic from Toledo, Spain. page 20-21
Vice President of the United States. page 7-10
Minneapolis protestor who was shot. page 4-6
President of the United States. page 16-17
'Today Show' anchor. page 7-10

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Sheikh of the Arabs. page 16-17
First President of the United States. page 16-17
An international bridge located in Ontario, Canada. page 7-10
An HR executive who went viral for kissing her boss at a Coldplay concert during a kiss cam. page 4-6
Lieutenant General in Moscow, Russia. page 7-10
48% to 28% oppose the US of taking action against this country. page 16-17
Owner of the most notorious files out there. page 4-6
18-month-old child who was detained by ICE in Texas. page 7-10
Sultan of the United Arab Emirates. page 4-6
Current First Lady. page 16-17
Founder of Amazon. page 4-6

25 Clues: President of Israel • Founder of Amazon. page 4-6 • Female Black Rapper. page 7-10 • Current First Lady. page 16-17 • 'Today Show' anchor. page 7-10 • Sheikh of the Arabs. page 16-17 • Who is the director of ICE? page 4-6 • Prime Minister of Ireland. page 7-10 • Former President of Venezuela. page 7-10 • The amount of immigrants arrested by ICE. • ...

ACT 35 Review 2024-05-07

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A US Senator is elected for how many years?
The term of office for the President of the United States is how many years?
The current Vice President of the United States is (First & Last name)?
Who is in charge of the Executive Branch?
How many amendments does the US Constitution have?
Who was President during the Civil War (last name?
Colonists fought the ____ to gain their independence.
Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
How many US Senators are there?
In what month is the President elected?
There are how many stars on the US flag, each representing a state?

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The Declaration of Independence announced our separation from whom?
What do we call the first ten amendments to the US Constitution?
The President is inaugurated (takes office) during which month?
The current President of the United States is (Last name)?
The idea of self-government is established in the first three words of the US Constitution. What are these three words?
Individuals from ____ were taken to America and sold as slaves.
In what month does the United States celebrate Independence Day?
There were how many original colonies?
What is the supreme law of the United States?
Making laws is the main responsibility of which branch of government?
The number of Senators each state receives in the US Senate is...

22 Clues: How many US Senators are there? • There were how many original colonies? • In what month is the President elected? • Who is in charge of the Executive Branch? • A US Senator is elected for how many years? • What is the supreme law of the United States? • Who is the Commander in Chief of the military? • How many amendments does the US Constitution have? • ...

End of the Civil War 1863-1865 2025-01-14

End of the Civil War 1863-1865 crossword puzzle

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Battle known as the turning point for the Union in 1863
Term for states that seceded from the Union
Lincoln's plan for reunifying the nation was called the _______ Plan
Proclamation that freed enslaved people in Confederate states.
Union victory that secured control of the Mississippi River
River where the last major Confederate army surrendered
Union strategy to blockade Southern ports
Site of General Lee’s surrender to General Grant
- President of the United States during the Civil War
The 13th Amendment abolished this
President of the Confederate States of America
Location of Lincoln's assassination
1864 battle that ended in a draw but demonstrated the war's brutality
Law that drafted men into military service

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Organization that helped former slaves after the war
Bloodiest single-day battle leading to the Emancipation Proclamation.
man who ran against Lincoln in the 1864 election
Lincoln's famous proclamation that freed slaves in Confederate states
Famous speech by Lincoln in 1863 emphasizing unity
Union general who accepted the Confederate surrender
Confederate capital that fell in April 1865
Amendment granting citizenship and equal protection
Assassin of President Lincoln
The location of the famous 1864 battle in Georgia that helped Lincoln get reelected
Union general who led the March to the Sea
Confederate general who surrendered at Appomattox Court House
This term describes the Southern states after the war

27 Clues: Assassin of President Lincoln • The 13th Amendment abolished this • Location of Lincoln's assassination • Union strategy to blockade Southern ports • Union general who led the March to the Sea • Law that drafted men into military service • Term for states that seceded from the Union • Confederate capital that fell in April 1865 • ...

Constitution & The Bill of Rights (pp.53-54) 2024-08-12

Constitution & The Bill of Rights (pp.53-54) crossword puzzle

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At the Constitutional Convention, the ___ ___ Plan would give states equal representation
Guarantees trial by jury
At the Constitutional Convention the Virginia Plan made representation proportional to this state attribute
Congress was ___ under the Articles of Confederation
Elected president at the Constitutional Convention
This man led a mob of Massachusetts war veterans and farmers in “Rebellion” against local government
The New Jersey Plan excluded this branch of government
This Amendment keeps troops out of private homes in peacetime

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In a Federal government the states retain certain ___ rights
This Amendment states that rights not given to the federal government are reserved to the states or the people
This solution made state representation in the Senate equal and state representation in the House proportional to population
This Amendment protects speech, religion, press, assembly and petition
This Amendment prohibits excessive fines and punishments
This Amendment requires due process and protects against double jeopardy and self-incrimination
This Amendment states that listing rights here does not deny or weaken rights given elsewhere
In a Federal government the nation is unified by fundamental ___
The Bill of Rights limits the power of ___
This Amendment guarantees a speedy and public trial with representation
This Amendment prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures
This Amendment protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms

20 Clues: Guarantees trial by jury • The Bill of Rights limits the power of ___ • Elected president at the Constitutional Convention • Congress was ___ under the Articles of Confederation • The New Jersey Plan excluded this branch of government • This Amendment prohibits excessive fines and punishments • This Amendment prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures • ...

Chapter 3: The Nation Divides 2023-10-16

Chapter 3: The Nation Divides crossword puzzle

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set of laws
land that belongs to a nation but is not a state and is not represented in the national government.
a system of secret routes leading to free lands.
war between people in the same country.
states located between the North and the South.
rights idea that the states should have the final say in their own affairs.
and agreement in which each side gives up something that it wants.

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national government that was made up of six states.
people that worked to end slavery
regional loyalty
practice of holding people against their will and making them work without pay.
state does not allow slavery
leave
state allows slavery
ended
tax

16 Clues: tax • leave • ended • set of laws • regional loyalty • state allows slavery • state does not allow slavery • people that worked to end slavery • war between people in the same country. • states located between the North and the South. • a system of secret routes leading to free lands. • national government that was made up of six states. • ...

Early US Crossword 2017-12-18

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One of the states that came out of the Northwest Ordinance
Source of propaganda for the Patriots
Breakup letter the Patriots sent KGIII
Number of states necessary to pass a law under the Aoc
Shot(s) hear round the world
Who the national government had to ask for money from under the AoC
What Great Britain was left with after winning the French and Indian War
Number of states necessary to alter the AoC
American battle tactic

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Final major battle of the war
Turning point in the war
America's first form of government
European country that provided the most aid to the Americans during the war
Author of the DoI
Enlightenment thinker who advocated for Natural Rights and the Social Contract
Commander of the Continental Army
Power the national government lacked under the AoC
Every conflict in North America results in this group somehow losing
Forced Great Britain to accept American independence in 1783

Early US Crossword 2017-12-18

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Who the national government had to ask for money from under the AoC
America's first form of government
Final major battle of the war
Power the national government lacked under the AoC
Every conflict in North America results in this group somehow losing
American battle tactic
Author of the DoI
European country that provided the most aid to the Americans during the war
Breakup letter the Patriots sent KGIII

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What Great Britain was left with after winning the French and Indian War
Forced Great Britain to accept American independence in 1783
Shot(s) hear round the world
Source of propaganda for the Patriots
One of the states that came out of the Northwest Ordinance
Commander of the Continental Army
Enlightenment thinker who advocated for Natural Rights and the Social Contract
Number of states necessary to pass a law under the Aoc
Number of states necessary to alter the AoC
Turning point in the war

Early US Crossword 2017-12-18

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What Great Britain was left with after winning the French and Indian War
Power the national government lacked under the AoC
Shot(s) hear round the world
Every conflict in North America results in this group somehow losing
America's first form of government
Source of propaganda for the Patriots
Who the national government had to ask for money from under the AoC
European country that provided the most aid to the Americans during the war
Final major battle of the war

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One of the states that came out of the Northwest Ordinance
American battle tactic
Forced Great Britain to accept American independence in 1783
Number of states necessary to alter the AoC
Breakup letter the Patriots sent KGIII
Number of states necessary to pass a law under the AoC
Turning point in the war
Commander of the Continental Army
Author of the DoI
Enlightenment thinker who advocated for Natural Rights and the Social Contract

American Civil War 2026-04-10

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Rebuilding the South after the war
Confederate general who led agreed to surrender their forces in the Appotamox Court House
Amendment that gave citizenship to all people born in the U.S.
When states leave a country
Declated that enslaved people in Confederate states
First battle of the Civil War (1861)
Strategy that destroys enemy resources and land

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Lincoln’s speech about equality and unity
Loyalty to one region (North or South)
Union general who helped win the war
Allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
President of the Union during the Civil War
The Southern states that left the Union
Farming system where workers paid with crops
Amendment that gave African American men the right to vote
A change or addition to the Constitution
The Northern states that wanted to keep the country together
Amendment that ended slavery in the U.S.
A war between people in the same country (U.S. vs. itself)

19 Clues: When states leave a country • Rebuilding the South after the war • Union general who helped win the war • First battle of the Civil War (1861) • Loyalty to one region (North or South) • The Southern states that left the Union • A change or addition to the Constitution • Amendment that ended slavery in the U.S. • Lincoln’s speech about equality and unity • ...

History Chapter 8 test 5 2023-12-14

History Chapter 8 test 5 crossword puzzle

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– person who farmed for a landowner to receive part of the crop profit
southerners who supported the Union and joined with dishonest carpetbaggers to make a profit
of 1866 – law declaring that all people born in the United States except for Native Americans still living as tribes were citizens of the United States with full and equal benefits of all laws
– U.S. Army General who died at the Battle of Little Bighorn
– former slaves who were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment
a railroad that crosses the United States from Coast to Coast
– law that broke up tribal lands into separates plots and offered them to any U.S. citizen or Native American family that would take up farming or ranching
– men hired by a rancher to care for cattle
– 17th president of the United States became president after Abraham Lincoln’s death
– first former enslaved Black American to serve in Congress
19th president of the United States appointed because of the Compromise of 1877
institute founded in Tuskegee Alabama to educate Black men and women
– agreement in Congress that brought an end to the Reconstruction
government department created to ensure fair treatment to newly freed slaves
– rebuilding of Southern states after the Civil War
– trail for cattle drives from Texas to Abilene, Kansas
– the practice of separating people by skin color
– mail delivery using a relay system of horses and riders that delivered mail between Missouri and California in only 10 days
– first black American to serve in Congress
– 1890 incident in which over 200 Native American men, women and children from the Lakota tribe led nu Chief Big Foot were killed by the Us Army
Bill allowing a settler to claim up to 160 acres of land for a low price if they would improve the land and live on it for at least 5 years
– place where a Union Pacific train traveling west and a Central Pacific train traveling east met; marking the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
– areas of Oklahoma Territory that were not assigned to Native American Tribes
– central prairie area of the United States called the “Breadbasket of America” because of all the grain produced there
– organization formed by Congress after the end of the Civil War designed to help provide freed slaves and any poor southern family for one year
– laws in the Southern States that only Blacks had to obey
Act – law that made large areas of land available to Native Americans
– declared that freedman were citizens of the United States

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– town with a railroad to transport cattle
group within the Republican Party that wanted the government to control the recovery of the Southern states from the Civil War
– unjust treatment of another person because of a category such as race or skin color
– inventor of the Telegraph
– western territory that was ready to be settled but had not yet become a state
group within the Republican Party that wanted the southern states to make decisions on their own about recovery
Northern businessmen named for the suitcases they carried who traveled to the South to help rebuild the Southern economy
large sections of land set aside by the U.S. government for Native American tribes
– fights between western farmers and ranchers over grazing and water rights
– battle led by Chief Crazy Horse in which an entire unit of U.S. Soldiers died also called Custer’s Last Stand
18th president of the United States
– rush to claim pieces of the Unassigned lands in the Oklahoma Territory
America’s first National Park
– to bring criminal charges against a public official
– congressional bill that divided the Southern states into 5 military districts to aid in recovery
– declared that no man could be kept from voting because of race, color, or previous servitude
– leader of Sioux nation during the Battle of Little Bighorn
– company that operated banks carried mail and offered travel in the west by stagecoach
– process of herding cattle to the nearest Cowtown
– educator and founder of Tuskegee Institute

48 Clues: – inventor of the Telegraph • America’s first National Park • 18th president of the United States • – town with a railroad to transport cattle • – men hired by a rancher to care for cattle • – first black American to serve in Congress • – educator and founder of Tuskegee Institute • – the practice of separating people by skin color • ...

Early US Crossword 2017-12-18

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Number of states necessary to alter the AoC
Turning point in the war
Who the national government had to ask for money from under the AoC
Shot(s) hear round the world
Breakup letter the Patriots sent KGIII
Author of the DoI
Source of propaganda for the Patriots
Every conflict in North America results in this group somehow losing

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American battle tactic
Number of states necessary to pass a law under the Aoc
Enlightenment thinker who advocated for Natural Rights and the Social Contract
Forced Great Britain to accept American independence in 1783
America's first form of government
Commander of the Continental Army
Power the national government lacked under the AoC
One of the states that came out of the Northwest Ordinance
European country that provided the most aid to the Americans during the war
Final major battle of the war
What Great Britain was left with after winning the French and Indian War

Civil War 2023-05-15

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Location of the first shots of the Civil War
The Confederate states were states in the ___________
The first part of the North's war plan was to _______ the Southern ports
____________ plan made by the North
The deadliest battle of the war
Capitol city of the Confederacy
The first shots were fired in April of 186___
Number of promises Lincoln made to the South when running for president
Number of states in the confederacy
Last name of the Confederate President

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First state to secede from the Union
Both sides wanted to control this river for trade
The main way people in the south earned money
The five _______________ states agreed with slavery, but not with seceding from the Union
The line that separated the North from the South
Last name of the President of the Union
The interests of a particular region
The south __________ from the Union after Lincoln's election
The side fighting against the Confederacy

19 Clues: The deadliest battle of the war • Capitol city of the Confederacy • ____________ plan made by the North • Number of states in the confederacy • First state to secede from the Union • The interests of a particular region • Last name of the Confederate President • Last name of the President of the Union • The side fighting against the Confederacy • ...

4th of July 2024-06-20

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the color of the stars on the USA flag
the national animal of the USA
the first president of the United States of America
the symbol on the flag that represents the 13 original colonies
The Declaration of ___________
the building where the USA congress meets
the color of the sky
the official leader of the USA
the capital of the United States of America

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people use these at night on the 4th of July to celebrate America's independence
the first color of the rainbow
the day in July when the USA celebrates independence
the symbol that represents the USA and was made by Betsy Ross
where the president lives
the symbol on the flag that represents the 50 states
the month in which we celebrate the independence of the USA
The United States of ___________

17 Clues: the color of the sky • where the president lives • the first color of the rainbow • the national animal of the USA • The Declaration of ___________ • the official leader of the USA • The United States of ___________ • the color of the stars on the USA flag • the building where the USA congress meets • the capital of the United States of America • ...

Constitution Crossword 2021-09-13

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When power is shared between the central government and the states
Article II lays out the _____ branch
A person in favor of a strong central government
Article I lays out the ______ branch
The structure of Congress. It means “Two House”
A person suspicious of a strong central government and wants a list of guaranteed freedoms
Congress is made up of the House of Representatives and the ______
The plan that created our current system of government. It was designed to please large and small states

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The plan at the Constitutional Convention that favored large states is named for this state
The first government of the United States
Article III lays out the ______ branch
A change to the Constitution
The head of the executive branch
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution
The plan at the Constitutional Convention that favored small states is named for this state

15 Clues: A change to the Constitution • The head of the executive branch • Article II lays out the _____ branch • Article I lays out the ______ branch • Article III lays out the ______ branch • The first government of the United States • The first 10 amendments to the Constitution • The structure of Congress. It means “Two House” • A person in favor of a strong central government • ...

Crossword Crisps 2025-11-18

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An agreement between two sides where both sides give a little to gain a little.
A meeting to discuss government changes.
Plan that says that 60% of the slave population would count towards population and taxes.
Creator of the New Jersey Plan.
Creator of the Great Compromise.
Plan that created 3 branches of government with a bicameral legislature.
The people for the constitution.

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The process and pattern to add states to the US.
States that wanted slaves to count towards representation but not taxation.
The only state that did not show up to the convention.
Plan that was favored by the small states. Representation based on equality.
States that wanted slaves to count towards taxation but not representation.
Leader of the Constitutional Convention.
The people against the Constitution.
Plan favored by the large states. Population-based representation

15 Clues: Creator of the New Jersey Plan. • Creator of the Great Compromise. • The people for the constitution. • The people against the Constitution. • A meeting to discuss government changes. • Leader of the Constitutional Convention. • The process and pattern to add states to the US. • The only state that did not show up to the convention. • ...

Human Geography of the United States: Shaping an Abundant Land 2023-09-18

Human Geography of the United States: Shaping an Abundant Land crossword puzzle

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A region that covers about one-fourth of the land area of the United States and contains more than one-third of its population.
The movement of peoples within a country or region.
A functional area including a city and its surrounding suburbs and exurbs, linked economically.
A corporation that engages in business worldwide.
A political unit or community touching the borders of the central city or touching other suburbs that touch the city.
North American region, consisting of 13 states, that stretches from the Great Plains to the Pacific Ocean and includes Alaska to the north and Hawaii in the Pacific.
An economic system in which private individuals own most of the resources, technology, and businesses, and can operate them for profit with little control from the government.
An economic phase in which manufacturing no longer plays a dominant role.
The six northern states in the Northeast United States - Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.

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The movement of plants, animals, and diseases between the Eastern and Western hemispheres during the age of exploration.
The region that contains the 12 states of the north-central United States.
The free, open land in the American West that was available for settlement.
Any kind of economic activity that produces a service rather than a product.
A government in which the people rule through elected representatives.
The territory, including the region between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains, that the United States purchased from France in 1803.
A region in which several large cities and surrounding areas grow together.
A product or good that is sold from one economy to another.

17 Clues: A corporation that engages in business worldwide. • The movement of peoples within a country or region. • A product or good that is sold from one economy to another. • A government in which the people rule through elected representatives. • An economic phase in which manufacturing no longer plays a dominant role. • ...

antoinettes history crossword 2024-04-17

antoinettes history crossword crossword puzzle

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A white southerner who supported the reconstruction
When a land owner lets a tenant plant on said land for a share of the crops
an act that provided clothes, food, shelter, medical services and land to southerners including freed slaves
He was the senator of Mississippi
the process of charging a government official for wrongdoing
Republicans that wanted immediate and permanent eradication
took place after the civil war
states all persons born or naturalized in the United States is a legal US citizen

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laws passed by the southern states to enforce racial segregation
a disruptive northerner who comes to the southern states
this gave African Americans who resided in the United States the right to vote
it created a framework for reconstruction and the re-admittance of the southern states
the 17th president of the US

13 Clues: the 17th president of the US • took place after the civil war • He was the senator of Mississippi • A white southerner who supported the reconstruction • a disruptive northerner who comes to the southern states • Republicans that wanted immediate and permanent eradication • the process of charging a government official for wrongdoing • ...

government terms 2021-01-14

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Believed in natural rights- life, liberty, and property; the strongest influence on Thomas Jefferson, who wrote natural rights into the Declaration of Independence
Fupporters of the new Constitution who believed in a strong central government with limited
Chose to preside at the Constitutional Convention; he later became the first president of the United States; he set precedent by stepping down after two terms and initiating a peaceful transition of power
Government is defined by law and serves the people; the law is above everyone and it applies to everyone, whether ruler or the ruled
Explains the purposes of the Constitution and defines the powers of the new government as
The distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union
Government attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens
Compromise reached in writing the Constitution to satisfy both small and large states by having one house of Congress with an equal number of representatives for each state and the other house’s membership determined by a state’s population
and checks and balances
rights and liberties of the people
First ten amendments to the Constitution, added by the first Congress in 1791; protects the
King/queen controls all aspect of life: social, economic, and political – oftentimes tied to the divine right of kings (authority from God)
Group of people who feared the new government created by the Constitution; gave too much power to the national government at the expense of individual rights
Considered intelligent and decisive, he was a leading supporter of the Constitution and helped write the Federalist Papers

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3rd president of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence; did not take part in writing the Constitution because he was in France at the time. He was a strong advocate for the addition of a Bill of Rights
Type of democracy based on the protection of individual rights from the tyranny of the majority and on the consent of the governed to establish political authority
Powers saved for the states in our system of federalism, guaranteed in the 9th Amendment to the Constitution
from the people of the United States
First plan of government adopted in the United States after the revolution; it was a loose association of states with no authority to tax, no national army, and no chief executive
“Father of the Constitution” and fourth president of the United States; essential to the writing and ratification of the Constitution; he also wrote the first 10 amendments to the Constitution that were ratified as the Bill of Rights
Power is held at the national level, with very little power being held in political subdivisions, such as provinces, states, counties, parishes, or tow
The government is not all-powerful; its powers are limited, and the acts of the government are those willed by the people Constitution were written
The citizens have political authority and are bound by social contract to obey laws with their rights guaranteed by a constitution; citizens willingly subordinate their private, selfish interests to the common good

23 Clues: and checks and balances • rights and liberties of the people • from the people of the United States • Government attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens • The distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union • Explains the purposes of the Constitution and defines the powers of the new government as • ...

Unit 3: The New Nation 8.21-8.28 2024-12-05

Unit 3: The New Nation 8.21-8.28 crossword puzzle

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interpretation of the Constitution that seeks to adapt its meaning to the needs of the country at that moment
a form of government in which the people rule, either directly or through elected representatives
unsettled territory bordered by the Ohio River, the Appalachian Mountains, and the Mississippi River
to give official approval
Second president of the US, first vice president of the US
deported anyone from a country with which the United States was at war
opposed the constitution
people chosen to speak or make decisions for another person or group of people
representatives
Trail carved out by Daniel Boone through the Cumberland Gap
Washington offered advise on how the nation should move forward
a group of advisors to the president who each head a department of the executive branch
allowed three-fifths of a states slave population to count toward a state's total population
freedoms that are protected by law
allowed congress to divide the Northwest Territory into three to five separate territories
Hamilton wanted to create it to stabilize the economy
a person who buys and sells land for a profit
16th state of the union
delegates meeting in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation
led a rebellion in Massachusetts following the Revolution over monetary debt crisis at the end of the American Revolutionary War.

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interpretation of the Constitution that maintains the federal government has authority to do ONLY what the Constitution specifically states it can do
approval
limits any one branch from gaining too much power
violent protest against a tax on whiskey that took place in the United States from 1791 to 1794
the idea that government authority comes from people who have agreed to be governed
said the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional and that the states had the right to nullify them
secretary of the treasury in Washington's Cabinet
loosely unified the states by giving basic powers to a weaker central government and more power to the states; government established after the American Revolution in the Colonies
banned any writings thought to be false, harmful, or directed against the government
allows the three branches to keep the other two branches in check
earlier events or actions used as examples for decisions or actions
groups of men who traveled together looking for game; first European people to come to Tennessee
grants Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers grated in the Constitution
the first ten amendments; protects the people's basic rights and freedoms
solved the representation issue in the Constitutional Convention
1st president; general of the Continental Army
a diplomatic incident between the United States and France that occurred in 1797 and 1798
supported the Constitution
a fleet of small ships
change to the Constitution
division of power between the states and federal government
import tax
1784 divided the Northwest Territory into states

43 Clues: approval • import tax • representatives • a fleet of small ships • 16th state of the union • opposed the constitution • to give official approval • supported the Constitution • change to the Constitution • freedoms that are protected by law • a person who buys and sells land for a profit • 1st president; general of the Continental Army • ...

Unit 1 Power, Sovereignty, Legitimacy & Interdependence 2025-09-11

Unit 1 Power, Sovereignty, Legitimacy & Interdependence crossword puzzle

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This NGO investigates human rights abuse cases in more than 90 countries around the world. (3wds)
A person or person who have been forced to flee their country due to persecution, war or violence.
Latent power is based on a state’s wealth and size of this.
The process of several countries working together on a given issue.
This late professor used the term which offers a more persuasive approach to influencing other states. (2wds)
Term applied to a state which has seen its laws, services and governance rendered ineffective and unstable due to conflict, corruption and poverty. (2wds)
Any group or organisation which acts to influence decision makers at any level and is not a state. (2wds)
Associated with the far right, this term suggests violent change and a return to the old ways.
Realism states that this is the primary goal of all states.
This state is a member of the 'nuclear weapons club' and has worked to make sure adversaries like Iran never possess such technology.
Within the theory of realism, this particular group seeks total hegemony for states and believes states should maximise power.
Established in 1945, this IGO's mission is the collective peace and security of its member nations. (2wds)
This theory suggests that states can and should cooperate with one another.
This state actor is a member of the UN Security Council.

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This NGO operates in 55 countries globally and seeks to defend the natural world.
The type of power whereby a state uses military and economic means to influence the behaviour or interests of other states.Can be seen as aggressive.
The type of power which co-opts instead of coercing. Examples include cultural programs, sports, movies and music.
One of Eric Liu's 6 sources of power.
Univ of Chicago professor who believes nations strive to dominate each other and seek regional hegemony in an anarchic international system. (2wds)
The process whereby a single state works alone on a given issue.
The International Criminal Court is based out of this Dutch city. (2wds)
Penalties imposed by one state or institution on another state, institution or individual to coerce a change in behaviour.
This level of analysis would expand to involve issues like COVID and terrorism.
Realists define this system as when there is no higher defined central authority above states.
The notion that states and their fortunes are connected to each other.
The type of power which suggests a strong military, but also the implementation of alliances, diplomacy and capacity building.
Associated with the far left, this term suggests violent change to overthrow the status quo.
Applies to the notion of maintaining an existing state of affairs in politics. (2wds)
Power which utilises diplomatic and political manipulation by one country to undermine the political systems of its intended target.
This theory suggests that power is the currency of states and these states must compete with each other to survive.

30 Clues: One of Eric Liu's 6 sources of power. • This state actor is a member of the UN Security Council. • Latent power is based on a state’s wealth and size of this. • Realism states that this is the primary goal of all states. • The process whereby a single state works alone on a given issue. • The process of several countries working together on a given issue. • ...

New Republic 2023-12-20

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Was responsible for the Monroe Doctrine
Was President during the War of 1812
A rebellion led by farmers upset about the whiskey tax
The best NFL football team to exists
Green monster that takes away Christmas presents
Second President of the United States
Doubled the size of the United States

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First President of the United States
Latitude line that divides the free states and slave states
A failed law that made it illegal to trade with European nations
Made a purchase known as the "Louisiana Purchase"
Not picking sides

12 Clues: Not picking sides • First President of the United States • Was President during the War of 1812 • The best NFL football team to exists • Second President of the United States • Doubled the size of the United States • Was responsible for the Monroe Doctrine • Green monster that takes away Christmas presents • Made a purchase known as the "Louisiana Purchase" • ...

American Civil War 2026-04-10

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Rebuilding the South after the war
Confederate general who led agreed to surrender their forces in the Appotamox Court House
Amendment that gave citizenship to all people born in the U.S.
When states leave a country
Declated that enslaved people in Confederate states
First battle of the Civil War (1861)
Strategy that destroys enemy resources and land

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Lincoln’s speech about equality and unity
Loyalty to one region (North or South)
Union general who helped win the war
Allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
President of the Union during the Civil War
The Southern states that left the Union
Farming system where workers paid with crops
Amendment that gave African American men the right to vote
A change or addition to the Constitution
The Northern states that wanted to keep the country together
Amendment that ended slavery in the U.S.
A war between people in the same country (U.S. vs. itself)

US Geography 2026-03-11

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Distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees.
An arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land.
A hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region.
The midwestern states where corn is grown.
Region in the far Northwestern United States that has low
A large part of the ocean—much bigger than a bay—reaching into the land.
Flat tableland with steep edges.
A vast prairie region extending from Alberta and Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada south through the west central United States into Texas; formerly inhabited by Native Americans.
A part of the sea that curves into the coastline.
A spring that discharges hot water and steam.
Western states with a large Mormon population
Line The boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania.

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Urban areas in New England and Midwest characterized by concentrations of declining industries (steel or textiles).
attendance
The geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries.
Distance measured in degrees east and west of an imaginary line running from the North Pole to the South Pole.
A large subtropical swamp in southern Florida that is noted for its wildlife.
States in the south and southwest that have a warm climate and tend to be politically conservative.
A slowly moving mass of ice.
Deeply eroded barren land.

20 Clues: attendance • Deeply eroded barren land. • A slowly moving mass of ice. • Flat tableland with steep edges. • The midwestern states where corn is grown. • A spring that discharges hot water and steam. • Western states with a large Mormon population • An arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land. • A part of the sea that curves into the coastline. • ...

Unit 10 2024-05-03

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declares that all persons born in the U.S are citizens
to leave or withdraw
a northern who went to the south immediately after the civil war
laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves
the period after the civil war in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the union
abolished slavery
a system used on southern farms after the civil war

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after the civil war a group the believed the south should be harshly punished
the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
organization run by the army to care for and protect southern blacks after the civil war
U.S Connor prevent a person from voting because of race, color, or creed
the surrounding of a place in order to force it to surrender
another word for the northern states that stayed in the United States
southern whites who supported republican policy through reconstruction

14 Clues: abolished slavery • to leave or withdraw • a system used on southern farms after the civil war • laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves • declares that all persons born in the U.S are citizens • the surrounding of a place in order to force it to surrender • the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 • ...

History of the Civil Right Movement 2021-02-26

History of the Civil Right Movement crossword puzzle

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vs reed A landmark decision of the US Supreme Court ruling that the administrators of estates cannot be named in a way that discriminates between sexes
vs virginia The Court ruled that laws banning interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
amendment Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized In the United States
An African American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement
vs boe A landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional
vs browder A case heard before a three-judge panel of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama on Montgomery and Alabama state bus segregation laws
vs charlotte The Supreme Court of the United States unanimously upheld busing programs that aimed to speed up the racial integration of public schools in the United States
amendment Abolished slavery
vs sidoti A mother challenging a state court order divesting her of custody of her child contended that, contrary to the trial court's findings, it was not in her pre-school child's best interests to be removed from her custody, while the father alleged that the child would be damaged by being raised in a racially mixed household
vs bakke The Court's decision to upheld affirmative action, allowing race to be one of several factors in college admission policy
integration The practice of making only a perfunctory or symbolic effort to be inclusive to members of minority groups
disobedience The refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest
marshall An African American lawyer and civil rights activist who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Protection Clause Requires states to practice equal protection
robinson The first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era
parks An American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott
vs ferguson Legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court, on May 18, 1896, by a seven-to-one majority (one justice did not participate), advanced the controversial “separate but equal” doctrine for assessing the constitutionality of racial segregation laws

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vs baltimore A per curiam order by the Supreme Court of the United States affirming an order by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that enjoined racial segregation in public beaches and bathhouses
clause Gives Congress the power “to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian
ins A form of protest in which demonstrators occupy a place, refusing to leave until their demands are met
vs orr United States Supreme Court case that held that a statutory scheme in Alabama that imposed alimony obligations on husbands but not on wives was an unconstitutional equal protection violation
vs holmes A United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ordered immediate desegregation of public schools in the American South
A civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans
from birmingham jail A letter that Martin Luther King, Jr., addressed to his fellow clergymen while he was in jail in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963, after a nonviolent protest against racial segregation
amendment Everyone including African Americans can vote
The principal channel of student commitment in the United States to the civil rights movement during the 1960s
crow laws State and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States
bus boycott A political and a social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama
x An African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement
An African American civil rights organization that is closely associated with its first president, Martin Luther King Jr.

30 Clues: amendment Abolished slavery • amendment Everyone including African Americans can vote • Protection Clause Requires states to practice equal protection • amendment Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized In the United States • robinson The first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era • ...

Indian states 2022-02-16

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Egg Bowls of Asia
Capital of the state called 'God's Own Country'
Newest Indian State
Capital of the Eastern-most state of India

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Capital city also called the 'City of Joy'
A union territory and the capital of 2 states
Capital of the State where the third highest peak of the world, Mt. Kanchenjenga, is located
the capital of the original Telugu
State which has its capital named after the proponent of 'Satyagraha' and 'ahimsa'

9 Clues: Egg Bowls of Asia • Newest Indian State • the capital of the original Telugu • Capital city also called the 'City of Joy' • Capital of the Eastern-most state of India • A union territory and the capital of 2 states • Capital of the state called 'God's Own Country' • State which has its capital named after the proponent of 'Satyagraha' and 'ahimsa' • ...

Matter: Properties and States 2014-02-26

Matter: Properties and States crossword puzzle

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_______ states of matter have their own shape (ie. madera, el hiero y la arena).
dureza
is the force which pulls objects down towards the Earth.
Forma
_____ states of matter have no specific shape, the just expand (no tienen forma especifica y se expanden)oxygen(oxigeno),carbon dioxide(dioxido de carbono).
Fuerzas por contacto.
color

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is the amount of matter that an object contains.
_______ states of matter have the shape of the container that holds it (tienen la forma del recipiente que los contiene).
______ of matter include solid, liquid and gas.
imanes
elasticidad
Everything we can see, smell or touch.
transparencia
can be made of different types of matter for example wood, metal or glass.
is an action which can make an object change its movement or shape
is the space that an object occupies.

17 Clues: Forma • color • imanes • dureza • elasticidad • transparencia • Fuerzas por contacto. • is the space that an object occupies. • Everything we can see, smell or touch. • ______ of matter include solid, liquid and gas. • is the amount of matter that an object contains. • is the force which pulls objects down towards the Earth. • ...

states of matter vocab 2024-08-30

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Change When energy is released, and loses heat.
Change When energy is taken in, and gains heat
When matter changes states from a liquid to gas form
The ability of a fluid, liquid, or gas to exact an upward force on an object immersed in it
of State The change of a substance from one physical state to another
Point The exact temperature that liquid matter changes states into a solid matter
When matter changes states from a liquid to gas form.
Matter that has enough energy to overcome not just the attractive forces between its particles, but also the attractive forces within its atoms
When matter changes states from a liquid to solid form

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When matter changes states from a solid to gas form
The force exerted per unit area
Change Object still has the same composition, and is just represented in a different form
The resistance of a fluid to flowing
When matter changes states from a gas to liquid form
Expansion: An increase or decrease in the size of a substance when the temperature is changed.
Change A change in chemical properties or composition of a substance, resulting in the formation of at least one new substance.
Point The exact temperature that liquid matter changes states to a gas form
When matter changes states from a solid to liquid form

18 Clues: The force exerted per unit area • The resistance of a fluid to flowing • Change When energy is taken in, and gains heat • Change When energy is released, and loses heat. • When matter changes states from a solid to gas form • When matter changes states from a gas to liquid form • When matter changes states from a liquid to gas form • ...

Eli's Am. Gov. Crossword Puzzle 2k19 2019-08-30

Eli's Am. Gov. Crossword Puzzle 2k19 crossword puzzle

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A law that ordered people to return slaves that ran away to their owners and sparked debate in free states
The Executive Branch (the President) has the power to _____ laws passed by Congress
When a state decides to leave the union that is the United States, it participates in _____
A political group that believed states should have more power than the national government
An addition to the US Constitution to explicitly state rights not included in the Constitution
The US's system of government is not a democracy; it's a _____
The document that was sent to King George III on the 4th of July, 1776
The written statement that states how Congress's rulings on Concurrent Powers are higher than any rulings decided by the states (i.e. minimum wage)
Enumerated powers in the constitution that give each branch of government the right to correct others and protect the constituents from unfair rule
A conflict between the national and southern entities, in which the south tried to succeed from the US
A two party system
Abilities of Congress that are not explicitly stated in a document, but can still be enacted without overreaching in power
A national system of government
A method for the selection of judges in this state and other states that adopted this method

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Different groups of people with similar beliefs that agree to vote a certain way in most elections and affairs
A political group that believed states should have less power than the national government
A conclusion by the government that slaves would be counted as 3/5 of a person to determine population
Government run by the people as a whole (i.e. voting on all issues and decisions)
Different branches of government are used to achieve this and, as an intended result, have a more fair and separated system with checks and balances
The decision agreed to by large and small states that set up the US Congress and the numbers of representatives for both the Senate and the House of Representatives
A document written to outline a government's system and people's rights
Abilities of Congress explicitly stated in the Constitution
Unstated abilities that overlap when it comes to whether the states or Congress has the right to decide
The first trial of a national document to outline the US's government; written before the constitution
Our indirect system of voting uses people in the _____ to officially vote
A national government that is not divided into a federal system and a state system
The document that contains the first ten amendments added to the Constitution
The Supreme Court's power to decide whether a law passed by congress is constitutional or not
A totalitarian form of government in which one person is the sole decision maker of the country
Abilities saved for the states to decide for themselves; sometimes overlapping with national implied powers

30 Clues: A two party system • A national system of government • Abilities of Congress explicitly stated in the Constitution • The US's system of government is not a democracy; it's a _____ • The document that was sent to King George III on the 4th of July, 1776 • A document written to outline a government's system and people's rights • ...

70s-to now 2023-06-09

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This scandal led to the resignation of President Nixon in 1974.
The 37th President of the United States, who was involved in the Watergate scandal.
He served as the 46th President of the United States, taking office in 2021.
He succeeded President Ford in 1977 and served until 1981 as the 39th President of the United States.
An American painter and art instructor known for his soothing demeanor and landscape paintings.
A pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, that emerged in late 2019 and spread globally in 2020.

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He served as the 40th President of the United States, from 1981 to 1989.
A space telescope launched by NASA in 1990, named after American astronomer Edwin Hubble.
The terrible events that occurred September 11th led to the war on..
The 45th President of the United States, who served from 2017 to 2021.
A controversial conflict that took place in the 1960s and 1970s, pitting communist forces against American-backed South Vietnamese forces.
Platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram that allow users to create and share content.
A catastrophic hurricane that struck the Gulf Coast of the United States in 2005, causing widespread devastation.
A disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
A sustained increase in the general price level of goods and services in an economy over a period of time.
A genre of music that originated in the Bronx in the late 1970s and has since become a global phenomenon.
A period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and the United States, which lasted from 1947 to 1991.

17 Clues: A disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). • This scandal led to the resignation of President Nixon in 1974. • The terrible events that occurred September 11th led to the war on.. • The 45th President of the United States, who served from 2017 to 2021. • He served as the 40th President of the United States, from 1981 to 1989. • ...

Unit 7 Crossword 2020-04-03

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a speech by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 at the site of the Battle of Gettysburg and memory of the Union Soldiers who had died trying to protect the ideals of freedom upon which the nation was founded.
a person who flees or tries to escape ( for example, from slavery).
laws passed in 1865 and 1866 in the former Confederate states to limit the rights and freedoms of African Americans.
a war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country.
a change to the Constitution, ratified in 1870, declaring that states cannot deny anyone the right to vote because of race or color, or because the person was once a slave.
an agreement made by Congress in 1820 under which Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state and Maine was admitted as a free state.
an order issued by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863, declaring slaves in the Confederate states are to be free.
the right of an accused person to appear in court so a judge can determine whether he or she is being imprisoned lawfully.
the United States as one nation United under a single government. During the Civil War “The Union” came to mean the government and armies of the North
the period after the Civil War in which southern states were rebuilt and brought back into the Union.
A proposal made in 1846 to prohibit slavery in the territory added to the United States as a result of the Mexican-American War.
a series of political debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas who are candidates in the Illinois race for the U.S. senator, in which slavery was the main issue.
another name for the Confederate States of America made up of the 11 states that seceded from the Union.

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a change to the Constitution, ratified in 1868, granting citizenship to anyone born in the United States and guaranteeing all citizens equal protection of the law.
a Supreme Court decision in 1857 that held that African-Americans could never be citizens of the United States and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.
laws enforcing segregation of blacks and whites in the south after the Civil War.
the rights guaranteed by the Constitution to all people as citizens especially. equal treatment under the law
a village in Virginia that was the site of the Confederate surrender to the Union forces under the command of General Ulysses S. Grant.
The agreements made in order to admit California into the Union as a free state. these agreements included allowing the New Mexico and Utah territories to decide whether to allow slavery, outlawing the slave trade in Washington,D.C., and creating a stronger fugitive slave law.
an Act passed in 1854 that created the Kansas and Nebraska territories and abolished the Missouri Compromise by allowing settlers to determine whether slavery would be allowed in the new territories.
Bureau an agency established by Congress at the end of the Civil War to help and protect newly freed black Americans.

21 Clues: a war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country. • a person who flees or tries to escape ( for example, from slavery). • laws enforcing segregation of blacks and whites in the south after the Civil War. • the period after the Civil War in which southern states were rebuilt and brought back into the Union. • ...

Founding documents vocabulary 2021-09-30

Founding documents vocabulary crossword puzzle

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It was written to support the idea of forming a federal republic under a new constitution.
It was an agreement and created two legislative bodies in congress.
Members of this branch makes all of the laws.
a diplomatic incident between French and United States diplomats.
An uprising that tested the federal authority in the US.
Payment that is paid periodically.
Wanted the central government to be strong and the states government to be weak.
The highest judicial court that decides where laws break the constitution or not.
The leader of a country or nation.
This branch decides the meaning of laws and whether laws break the constitution or not.
Congress had implied powers under the Constitution to create the Second Bank of the United States and that the state of Maryland lacked the power to tax the Bank.
Treaty between the United States and Great Britain/England.
Political statements stating that the Alien and Sedition acts were unconstitutional.
the legislative branch of the federal government that represents the American people and makes the laws.
A written document ratified by the 13 states on 1781. The goal of this document was to give the central government very little power over the states or their citizens.
The introductory part of a constitution or statute that states the reasons for the law or constitution.
an assembly or council.

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A written document limiting the power of the government, identifying the rights of the citizens, and defines a state.
3 laws that allowed the chief executive to deport any immigrant who they found dangerous, and 1 law that banned false or bad writings about the government.
wanted states to have the power and the central government to be weak.
Every 3 out of 5 slaves would be counted.
a form of government in which a state is ruled by representatives of the citizen body.
The pen name of Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison.
The lower legislative branch.
To approve.
Relating to a form of government where the states recognize the power of a central government but have certain state-level government powers.
This branch carries out and enforces laws.
List items individually.
The purchase made by Thomas Jefferson that doubled the size of the US.
Treaty between Spain and the United States, it also guaranteed the US navigation rights on the Mississippi River.
It established the power of judicial review and the power to declare legislative and executive acts unconstitutional.
The first 10 amendments in the US constitution.
A uprising of farmers, that lead to protests, that lead to George Washington coming out of retirement to help suppress them.
the power of the courts to examine the actions of the legislative, executive, and administrative arms of the government to determine whether such actions are consistent with the constitution or if they aren't.
The term used to describe the judges appointed to the Federal Circuit courts by President Adams on his last day in office.
A supreme court judge.

36 Clues: To approve. • A supreme court judge. • an assembly or council. • List items individually. • The lower legislative branch. • Payment that is paid periodically. • The leader of a country or nation. • Every 3 out of 5 slaves would be counted. • This branch carries out and enforces laws. • Members of this branch makes all of the laws. • ...

States of matter vocabulary assignment 2024-08-29

States of matter vocabulary assignment crossword puzzle

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The resistance of a fluid to flowing
A change in chemical properties or composition of a substance,resulting in the formation of at least one new substance
The ability of a fluid liquid or gas to exact an upward force on an object immersed in it
The force exerted per unit area
The exact temperature that liquid matter changes states to a gas form
The change of a substance from one physical state to another
When energy is taken in and it gains heat
When matter changes states from a liquid to gas form
When matter changes states from a solid to a liquid

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When matter changes states from a solid to gas form
When energy is released and loses heat
Object still has the same composition,and is just represented in a different form
When matter changes states from a liquid to gas form
An increase or decrease in the size of a substance when the temperature is changed
Matter that has enough energy to overcome not just the attractive forces between its partials but also the attractive forces within its atoms
When matter changes states from a liquid to solid form
point The exact temperature that liquid matter changes states into a solid matter
When matter changes states from a gas to liquid form

18 Clues: The force exerted per unit area • The resistance of a fluid to flowing • When energy is released and loses heat • When energy is taken in and it gains heat • When matter changes states from a solid to gas form • When matter changes states from a solid to a liquid • When matter changes states from a liquid to gas form • ...

american history 2025-07-28

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State and local laws enforcing racial segregation and discrimination after Reconstruction.
The war fought by the American colonies to gain independence from British rule (1775–1783).
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing individual freedoms and rights.
Formerly enslaved people who were emancipated and recognized as free citizens.
The movement to end the practice of slavery.
The separation of people based on race, often enforced by laws like Jim Crow.
The conflict between Northern and Southern states from 1861 to 1865 over slavery and states’ rights.
The act of freeing enslaved people, notably symbolized by Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.
The period of rapid industrial growth that shifted society from agriculture to manufacturing.
The right to vote in political elections.
The post-Civil War era focused on rebuilding the South and integrating formerly enslaved people into society.

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The early 19th-century exploration of the American West to map new territories and find a route to the Pacific.
The movement of people from other countries to settle permanently in the United States.
The 19th-century belief that the United States was destined to expand across North America.
A system where power is shared between national government and individual states.
The supreme law of the United States that outlines the structure and powers of government.

16 Clues: The right to vote in political elections. • The movement to end the practice of slavery. • The separation of people based on race, often enforced by laws like Jim Crow. • Formerly enslaved people who were emancipated and recognized as free citizens. • A system where power is shared between national government and individual states. • ...

Unit 5 - Layer B - Crossword 2022-03-21

Unit 5 - Layer B - Crossword crossword puzzle

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A supporter of a strong federal government
The declarations passed in 1798 and 1799 that claimed that each state has the right to decie whether a federal law is constitutional
Author of the Federalist,secretary of the treasury under President George Washington,and founder of the Federalist Party
The Federalist-supported laws created in 1798 that permitted the president to expel foreigners,make it harder for immigrants to become citizens, and allowed for citizens to be fined or jailed if they criticized the government or its officials
Leader in the American Revolution. He went on to serve as the First Vice President and the second president of the United States
An 1803 court case in which the supreme court ruled that it had the power to decide whether laws passed by congress were constitutional
One of the authors of the Declaration independence and third president of the United States
The sixth president of the United States who earlier served as a US diplomat, senator,and secretary of state.
A rebellion in France beginning in 1789 that overthrew the French Monarchy
The cast territory extending from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mountains, purchased from France in 1803

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At the end of the war of 1812, a battle between British & US forces, led by Andrew Jackson, that ended in a victory for the United States
Loyalty to a state or section rather than the whole country
President Monroe's foreign policy statement warning Europeans nations not to interfere in Latin America
He earlier served as a military officer during conflict with Creek Indians during the war of 1812 and during conflicts with Spain over Florida
A devotion to one's nation and its interests
A 1794 protest over a tax on all liquor made and sold in the United States.
A member of the political party founded by Thomas Jefferson
The fourth president of the United States
The chief justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1801 to 1835
A law that created the structure of the Supreme Court and set up a system of district courts and circuit courts for the nation.

20 Clues: The fourth president of the United States • A supporter of a strong federal government • A devotion to one's nation and its interests • Loyalty to a state or section rather than the whole country • A member of the political party founded by Thomas Jefferson • The chief justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1801 to 1835 • ...

How our government - The US Constitution - was born 2021-11-22

How our government - The US Constitution - was born crossword puzzle

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Another question for revising the government was: Should the government's power to rule come from the states or the ___?(6).
The delegates believed the basic ___ of government was to protect the rights to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”(3).
The first government called the Articles of Confederation could establish a post office, raise an army, declare war, and print money, but it could not levy ___(2).
___ system- a strong national government that shared power with the states(8).
These were created when ratifying the Constitution was in question and a divide among Americans began.
States had to make several agreements or ___ when creating the United State's Constitution(1).
Some leaders from the American Revolution did not attend the convention because they feared that a ___ national government would hurt states’ rights(3).
The U.S. Constitution is the ___ used written charter in the entire world(1).
A written plan that provides the basic framework of a government - each state has their own of these(4).

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state leaders present at the Constitutional Convention(2).
A country governed by elected representatives(3).
When revising the government, the hardest question was how ___ the government should be. Many wanted to preserve the rights of the states and feared too strong of a national government(5).
A formal alliance, in this case among states(2).
The Three-Fifths Compromise counted each slave as only ⅗ a person for representation in the government(7).
after declaring independence, Congress tried to unite the states under one ___(1)
This government, the Articles of Confederation was not what the country ___ because it could not raise funds to do anything effective(3).
Representatives in government help gain a ___ on decision making for laws, taxes, and policies(7).
If the central government is too ___, it could not protect liberty and property(5).
to formally approve a plan or an agreement(8).
An agreement was reached in which ___ the population and size of state applied to the amount of representation in government(6).

20 Clues: to formally approve a plan or an agreement(8). • A formal alliance, in this case among states(2). • A country governed by elected representatives(3). • state leaders present at the Constitutional Convention(2). • The U.S. Constitution is the ___ used written charter in the entire world(1). • ...

Our Solar System 2022-02-23

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Soviet crewed spacecraft resulting Yuri Gagarin as the first man in space
Third United States spaceflight program resulting in the first humans on Luna
Russian space mission to Venus set to be launched in 2029
Curie, Sojourner's flight spare
Soviet artifical satelites and first launched into orbit in October 1957
Failed space shuttle resulting in death of 7 crew members in 1986
Airborne Observatory, Aka KAO jet used by NASA for infrared astronomy
Lab, First United States space station launched in 1973
NASA program beginning in 1992 to improve understanding of our solar system
Mission resulting in successful keeping of humans on the ISS since 2000
robotic lunar rovers made by the Soviets during the Moon race
Communication using electromagnetic waves between 30 hertz and 300 gigahertz
NASA mission that mapped entire surface of Venus
retired space shuttle that was created after Challenger
First successful Mars lander in 1976
United States uncrewed space mission in the 1960s to take close photos of Luna
Tool used to see faraway objects

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First Mars rover and first wheeled vehicle on another planet that landed in 1997
First United States spacecraft to achieve orbit
Soviet program that sent spacecraft to our moon for study
Global Surveyor, United States space probe launched in 1996 to globally map Mars
Rover that landed on Mars in 2012
Robotic interstellar probes launched in 1977 to collect data of Jupiter and Saturn
Pathfinder, United States robotic spacecraft that landed on Mars in 1997
United States space probe launched in 1972 passing Jupiter and first to leave our solar system
Research mission between NASA and ISA to study Saturn
United States robotic space probe launched 1989 to study Jupiter and its moons
Shuttle, Comprising of two solid rocket boosters, one external tank and an orbiter (or space-plane)
Mars rover active from 2004 to 2010
Space probes launched to photograph and study interplanetary matter of Mars and Venus
Space Station, Intergovernmental establishment in orbit of Earth comprised of modules
Device that uses the reverberation of radio waves to sense objects

32 Clues: Curie, Sojourner's flight spare • Tool used to see faraway objects • Rover that landed on Mars in 2012 • Mars rover active from 2004 to 2010 • First successful Mars lander in 1976 • First United States spacecraft to achieve orbit • NASA mission that mapped entire surface of Venus • Research mission between NASA and ISA to study Saturn • ...

Civil War 2017-03-02

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(June 10, 1861) First battle of the American Civil War.
A term used to refer to the stomach.
A battle that occurred July 1, 1863—lasting for 3 days-- that was marked as one of the bloodiest battles
Joined the Union Army and became general during the Civil War. Elected president of the United States in 1869.
Someone who believes slavery is wrong and wants to get rid of it.
Surrendered to General Grant at the Appomattox Courthouse on April 19, 1865.
States that all slaves be freed from the Confederate states. Issued by Abraham Lincoln.
A term used to describe a person that is bad or good for nothing.
A uncivilized killing of a large number of innocent, helpless people. One term used to describe the civil war.
War that lasted from April 12, 1861-May 9, 1865 between the North and South in America.

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New soldiers that have never fought in a battle or war before.
States that had allowed slavery.
A term used when you have been through a lot or have "seen it all".
Speech given on November 19, 1863 by president Abraham Lincoln that commemorated the soldiers that died in the battles.
An acronym used when a soldier would leave his post or place in the army without leave.
Used during the Civil War to transport soldiers to different areas for battle. Used mostly by the North.
Governor of Ohio 1868-1972. 19th president of the United States .
States that had outlawed slavery.
Born 1808. Instructed the confederate generals on decisions during the Civil War.
A system invented in 1837 by Samuel Morse then sends messages along a wire. Used by the Northerners and Abraham Lincoln to communicate during the Civil War.
16th president of the United States. Wished to end slavery. Issued the Emancipation Proclamation, setting many slaves free.
(July 11, 1861) First battle over land in the Civil War.
Vice president to Abraham Lincoln, Became president (1865-1869) after Lincolns assassination and tried to reconstruct America.

23 Clues: States that had allowed slavery. • States that had outlawed slavery. • A term used to refer to the stomach. • (June 10, 1861) First battle of the American Civil War. • (July 11, 1861) First battle over land in the Civil War. • New soldiers that have never fought in a battle or war before. • Governor of Ohio 1868-1972. 19th president of the United States . • ...

Civil War 2017-04-05

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Famous Confederate General who surrendered to General Grant
First state to secede from the United States
In the civil war the states between the north and the south: delaware, mayland, kentucky, and missouri
The North
Laws in a Southern state that controlled enslaved people
Turning point of the War that made it clear the North would win. 50,000 people died, and the South lost its chance to invade the North.
This act repealed the Missouri Compromise and called for popular sovereignty to decide whether slavery would be allowed within new states
The main export of the Southern Economy
President of the Union
Address by Lincoln in which he "freed" the enslaved people of the South
President of the Confederacy
Armed forces prevent the transportation of goods or people into and out of an area

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An unfair opinion not based on facts
People who sought to end slavery in the United States in the early 1800s
To break away from the rest of the states, form their own nation
This act made assisting a fugitive slave to freedom in any way a crime punishable by fine or imprisonment
The right of states to limit the power of the federal government
Lead the raid of Harper's Ferry in 1858
A system where residents vote to decide an issue
A system of cooperation to aid and house enslaved people who had escaped
Warships with very tough Oak walls with iron sheets on the sides
These people believed that since the states voluntarily joined the Union, they can also choose to leave.
The compromise that blocked slavery north of 36*30' N
Established that Congress could not ban slavery and slaves could not sue for their freedom since they are not citizens
Unfair treatment
This compromise allowed California to be admitted as a free state, new territories in the west would be decided by popular sovereignty, and the Fugitive Slave Law
The South
Soldiers on horseback

28 Clues: The North • The South • Unfair treatment • Soldiers on horseback • President of the Union • President of the Confederacy • An unfair opinion not based on facts • Lead the raid of Harper's Ferry in 1858 • The main export of the Southern Economy • First state to secede from the United States • A system where residents vote to decide an issue • ...

Civil War: Significant People 2022-11-28

Civil War: Significant People crossword puzzle

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served as a Superintendent of Army Nurses; created the first generation of American mental asylums
U.S. commanding officer of the Confederate Army of Tennessee at the Battle of Chickamauga and Chattanooga
18th U.S. President; lead the Union Army during the American Civil War
Stage actor; assassinator of Abraham Lincoln
U.S. Army officer; helped lead during Mexican-American War and Civil War
Union army officer who was in command of a regiment of African American troops
Nurse who becomes one of the most honored women in American History
started a rebellion known as the Southampton Insurrection
General of the Confederate States
former U.S. Secretary of State during John Quincy Adam's Presidency
slave who sued over being denied freedom
President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865
american journalist who helped organize both the New England and American Anti-Slavery Society
U.S. Army officer who became a major general for the Confederate States Army
American commander of the U.S. Army garrison of Fort Sumter
16th president of the United States
6th President of the United States

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An architect of the American abolitionist movement; lectured for the American Anti-Slavery Society
American abolitionist; rose to fame after publishing The Narrative of the Life of (himself)
Served as an engineer during Mexican-American War and was transferred east by President Lincoln as a Union general
strong hate for slavery; started
helped many slaves escape to the North via the Underground Railroad
an American abolisionist of New York Dutch heritage and a women's rights activist
former U.S. Senator for the Democratic party; one who promoted the Kansas-Nebraska Act
former U.S. Secretary of State during Millard Fillmore's Presidency
was formerly enslaved and a Carpenter; accused of planning a major slave revolt in 1822
author of the book Uncle Tom's Cabin
Wife of Abraham Lincoln
Famous military leader and Union general who played a crucial role in the victory over the Confederate States
One of the best-known commanders of the Confederate States Army after Robert E. Lee

30 Clues: Wife of Abraham Lincoln • strong hate for slavery; started • General of the Confederate States • 6th President of the United States • 16th president of the United States • author of the book Uncle Tom's Cabin • slave who sued over being denied freedom • Stage actor; assassinator of Abraham Lincoln • President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865 • ...

Chapter 5 VTP 2023-10-09

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a document, adopted by the Second Continental Congress in 1777 and finally approved by the states in 1781, that outlined the form of govt. of the new United States
a political system in which a national govt. and constituent units, such as state govt.’s, share power
helped write The Federalist Papers
the branch of govt. that interprets the laws and the constitution
the branch of govt. that makes the laws
a 1787 law that established a procedure for the admission of new states to the union
an opponent of the Constitution and a strong central government
helped write The Federalist.
a political leader from Connecticut who suggested the Great Compromise
He is known as the “father of the Constitution”
a veteran of the Revolutionary War who led an army of farmers to close the courts
a 1785 law that established a plan for surveying and selling the federally owned lands west of the Appalachian Mountains
the Constitutional Convention’s agreement to establish a two-house national legislature, compromising between the New Jersey and Virginia Plans

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an alliance permitting states or nations to act together on matters of mutual concern
a govt. in which the citizens rule through elected representatives
supporters of the Constitution and of a strong national government
the provisions in the U.S. Constitution that prevent any branch of govt. from dominating the other two branches
an uprising of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers, protesting increased state taxes in 1787
the branch of govt. that administers and enforces the laws
the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, added in 1791 and consisting of a formal list of citizens’ rights and freedoms
a series of essays defending and explaining the Constitution, written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay
a group selected by the states to elect the president and V.P. in which each states # of electors is equal to the # of its senators and representatives in Congress
the official approval of the Constitution, or of an amendment, by the states
Antifederalist who led the opposition in Virginia

24 Clues: helped write The Federalist. • helped write The Federalist Papers • the branch of govt. that makes the laws • He is known as the “father of the Constitution” • Antifederalist who led the opposition in Virginia • the branch of govt. that administers and enforces the laws • an opponent of the Constitution and a strong central government • ...

Student Name:____________ 2024-11-21

Student Name:____________ crossword puzzle

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written in 1812 and limited the power of the king
a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, primarily caused by British practices like "impressment"
the belief in manifest destiny, federally issued Indian removal acts, and economic promise
violent protest against a new tax on distilled spirits and the stills that produced them.
government of a country by its own people, especially after having been a colony
proposed a strong central government composed of three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.
authority of the federal courts to declare that actions by the federal or state government violate the Constitution.
The Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were both written in this state

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an agreement made during the drafting of the US Constitution where enslaved people were counted as three-fifths of a person when determining a state's population for representation in Congress
a tax or fee imposed on imported goods to protect domestic industries from foreign competitio
foreign policy statement made by President James Monroe in 1823 that outlined the United States' role in the Western Hemisphere and its relationship with Europe:
known as Revolutionaries, Continentals, Rebels, or Whigs, were colonists in the Thirteen Colonies who opposed the Kingdom of Great Britain's control
led the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War, helped create the U.S. Constitution, and served as the first president of the United States.
The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France, doubling the size of the country.
a diplomatic incident between the United States and France that occurred in 1797 and 1798 during the presidency of John Adams
"Give me liberty or give me death'
a political group in the late 18th century who opposed the creation of a stronger federal government and the ratification of the 1787 Constitution
someone who believes in the type of political system in which states or territories share control with a central government.
signed on February 2, 1848, in the Mexican city of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the Mexican-American War:
the first constitution of the United States, establishing the country's national government after the American Revolution:

20 Clues: "Give me liberty or give me death' • written in 1812 and limited the power of the king • government of a country by its own people, especially after having been a colony • violent protest against a new tax on distilled spirits and the stills that produced them. • The Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were both written in this state • ...

The Civil War Vocabulary 2026-05-04

The Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle

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The states of Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri. Although these states did not officially join the Confederacy, many of their citizens supported the South
an unrecognized breakaway republic of 11 Southern U.S. states
A place where weapons and other military supplies are manufactured.
A two-wheeled or four-wheeled wagon or cart used to transport wounded or sick soldiers.
Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery.
A branch of the military in which soldiers traveled and fought on foot.
Cannon or other large caliber firearms; a branch of the army armed with cannon.

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The officer who was responsible for supplying clothing, supplies and food for the troops.
Also called the Union or the United States the North was the part of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War.
A state of bondage in which African Americans (and some Native Americans) were owned by other people, usually white, and forced to labor on their behalf.
A ship protected by iron armor.
Blocking the supply lines and escape routes of a city to force it to surrender. A siege usually meant one army trapped in a city, slowly running out of food and fresh water, with the opposing army camped outside.
the formal withdrawal of a group, state, or region from a larger political entity or organization.
A branch of the military using ships to conduct warfare. During the Civil War, “blue water” ships cruised the oceans and “brown water” boats floated up and down the rivers.
Troops, like the National Guard, who are only called out to defend the land in an emergency.
Loyal to the Confederate States. Also Southern or Confederate.
A smoothbore firearm fired from the shoulder. Thrust from exploding powder shoots the bullet forward like a chest pass in basketball.
Freedom from slavery.
A group of states or nations joined under one government
A term often used to describe the United States of America before the outbreak of the Civil War.

20 Clues: Freedom from slavery. • A ship protected by iron armor. • Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery. • A group of states or nations joined under one government • an unrecognized breakaway republic of 11 Southern U.S. states • Loyal to the Confederate States. Also Southern or Confederate. • A place where weapons and other military supplies are manufactured. • ...

paightons crossword 2021-12-20

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lake named after Michigan
the exact place of something
found below the united states
line above the equator
3rd planet from the sun
found above the united states
the way to move an object
the earth is not flat but

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biggest ocean in the world
interactions between humans and a community
line below the equator
made up by 50 states
study of the earth
sunflower state
an area or division of the earth
found by using things around it

16 Clues: sunflower state • study of the earth • made up by 50 states • line below the equator • line above the equator • 3rd planet from the sun • lake named after Michigan • the way to move an object • the earth is not flat but • biggest ocean in the world • the exact place of something • found below the united states • found above the united states • found by using things around it • ...

States/Colonies 2021-02-24

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Was a colony
The Hoosiers
The largest of them all
Highest populated state
Held the first continental congress

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The smallest of them all
the state with most golf courses
The state where George Washington died
The first US state

9 Clues: Was a colony • The Hoosiers • The first US state • The largest of them all • Highest populated state • The smallest of them all • the state with most golf courses • Held the first continental congress • The state where George Washington died

Islamic States 2023-09-14

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Constantinople was controlled by them until the Ottomans.
Political religious state
Powerful empire that lasted 600 years
Any country is that under Islamic control.
A group of people with the idea that there was a path you could go to become the perfect human and achieve union with Allah

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What motivated Muslims to fight in war?
Constantinople is modern day...
He finally conquered Constantinople for the Ottoman empire.
Calpihate that lasted from 750 CE to 1258 CE

9 Clues: Political religious state • Constantinople is modern day... • Powerful empire that lasted 600 years • What motivated Muslims to fight in war? • Any country is that under Islamic control. • Calpihate that lasted from 750 CE to 1258 CE • Constantinople was controlled by them until the Ottomans. • He finally conquered Constantinople for the Ottoman empire. • ...

Islamic States 2023-09-14

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Constantinople was controlled by them until the Ottomans.
Political religious state
Powerful empire that lasted 600 years
Any country is that under Islamic control.
A group of people with the idea that there was a path you could go to become the perfect human and achieve union with Allah

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What motivated Muslims to fight in war?
Constantinople is modern day...
He finally conquered Constantinople for the Ottoman empire.
Calpihate that lasted from 750 CE to 1258 CE

US States 2023-03-03

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OMG ÉG VEIT EKKI
Ginger
Á besta kött ever
Attracts autistic people
Gay Kpop fan

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222 cm
Boy chaser
Marvel nr. 1 stan
😔✊

9 Clues: 😔✊ • 222 cm • Ginger • Boy chaser • Gay Kpop fan • OMG ÉG VEIT EKKI • Marvel nr. 1 stan • Á besta kött ever • Attracts autistic people

INDIAN STATES 2023-02-16

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Satish Dhawan SC
Pashmina shawl
Hampi
Highest rainfall in the world

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Thar
Chhatrapati Shivaji
Vikram Sarabhai SC
Dhoodh cola (Jigradhanda Dhoodh)
Five rivers

9 Clues: Thar • Hampi • Five rivers • Pashmina shawl • Satish Dhawan SC • Vikram Sarabhai SC • Chhatrapati Shivaji • Highest rainfall in the world • Dhoodh cola (Jigradhanda Dhoodh)

Southeast States 2024-01-11

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The ocean that runs along the coastline of the Southeast States
A dirt or concrete wall
This mountain range occupies much of the land of the Southeast
The river that passes through the Southeast on its way to the Gulf of Mexico
Season The part of the year when the temperatures are warm enough for plants to grow

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A powerful storm that forms in the water
The number of Southeast States
When people move to safety
The number of states that the Mississippi River travels through in the Southeast

9 Clues: A dirt or concrete wall • When people move to safety • The number of Southeast States • A powerful storm that forms in the water • This mountain range occupies much of the land of the Southeast • The ocean that runs along the coastline of the Southeast States • The river that passes through the Southeast on its way to the Gulf of Mexico • ...

Civil War 2023-04-13

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- When a person is murdered for political reasons.
- Southern states that seceded from the union
- A law passed by Congress in 1850 that said escaped enslaved people in free states had to be returned to their owners.
- A large farm in the southern United States. Before the Civil War many of the workers on plantations were enslaved.
- These states were slave states that did not leave the Union but largely supported the cause of the Confederates. They included Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware.

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- An executive order from President Abraham Lincoln stating that the enslaved in the Confederate states were to be set free.
- A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
- A decision made by the Supreme Court that said Congress could not outlaw slavery and that people of African descent were not necessarily U.S. citizens.
- A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle.
- When the southern states chose to leave the United States and to no longer be a part of the country.
- The northern states of the United States.

11 Clues: - The northern states of the United States. • - Southern states that seceded from the union • - When a person is murdered for political reasons. • - A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle. • - A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery. • - When the southern states chose to leave the United States and to no longer be a part of the country. • ...

states of matter vocabulary. 2024-08-30

states of matter vocabulary. crossword puzzle

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Change When energy is released, and loses heat.
Change When energy is taken in, and gains heat
Change A change in chemical properties or composition of a substance, resulting in the formation of at least one new substance.
Point The exact temperature that liquid matter changes states to a gas form
When matter changes states from a liquid to gas form.
When matter changes states from a solid to liquid form
The resistance of a fluid to flowing
When matter changes states from a gas to liquid form
Expansion An increase or decrease in the size of a substance when the temperature is changed.

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Point The exact temperature that liquid matter changes states into a solid matter
The ability of a fluid, liquid, or gas to exact an upward force on an object immersed in it
The force exerted per unit area
When matter changes states from a liquid to solid form
When matter changes states from a liquid to gas form
When matter changes states from a solid to gas form
Change Object still has the same composition, and is just represented in a different form
of State The change of a substance from one physical state to another
Matter that has enough energy to overcome not just the attractive forces between its particles, but also the attractive forces within its atoms

18 Clues: The force exerted per unit area • The resistance of a fluid to flowing • Change When energy is taken in, and gains heat • Change When energy is released, and loses heat. • When matter changes states from a solid to gas form • When matter changes states from a liquid to gas form • When matter changes states from a gas to liquid form • ...

Unit Three: Vocabulary Fun Study 2016-09-21

Unit Three: Vocabulary Fun Study crossword puzzle

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between the United States and British Canada; fought mostly in the Great Lakes region
1803 purchase by the United States of France's Louisiana Territory
that the United States would not support either side in any international conflict
Congressmen from the West and South who encouraged Congress to go to war against England
consider void
an armistice, but did not address major issues
the number of federal judges by sixteen
The Treaty of San Lorenzo, received official recognition of independence from Spain; own property to the Mississippi River and can trade on the river
minister to Britain who went to negotiate with Spain

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of New England Federalists to discuss the War of 1812 with possible secession of the New England states and their own peace agreement with Great Britain
party known for its support of strong state governments; founded by Thomas Jefferson
Justice of the Supreme Court who went to negotiate with ENgland
of the Constitution and of a strong National Government
Hamilton/first Secretary of the Treasury
and Kentucky wrote resolutions saying they as states should have the right to nullify laws they do not agree with; written about the Alien and Sedition Acts
who wanted to create a confederation to protect their homeland against intruding white settlers
of advisers to the President
between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr; Alexander Hamilton helps sway some Federalists to switch their votes to Jefferson
Affair incident in which French officials demanded a bribe from U.S. diplomats
series of laws enacted in 1798 to reduce the political power of recent immigrants to the United States
as an interpreter and guide on the Corps of Discovery
Britain will remove itself from the Midwestern territories and for that will be permitted to continue hunting in the U.S. territories
Bank/Bank of the United States; would issue money and handle tax receipts and other government funds

23 Clues: consider void • of advisers to the President • the number of federal judges by sixteen • Hamilton/first Secretary of the Treasury • an armistice, but did not address major issues • minister to Britain who went to negotiate with Spain • as an interpreter and guide on the Corps of Discovery • of the Constitution and of a strong National Government • ...

civil war 2016-11-30

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/assassinator of Abraham Lincoln
/ This Act set up Kansas and Nebraska as states
/ a young black woman that secretly saved over 300 slaves
/confederate president and us Representative
/a book written by a slave to encourage the end of slavery
/the surrender of the Confederate Army took place
/river in which a battle takes place
/ A person who worked to end slavery.
/ the term for the greater producer of cotton
/ paragraph in the constitution
/ made to stop something or someone
/ Another name for the Confederate States of America, made up of the 11 states that seceded from the Union
/ the act of picking something based off of a group
/ withdraw from something
/people hold the authority in government
/ the plan to "choke" the south out of resources
/ the rights that each state will receive
/ warship covered in iron
/a battle and grave site
/yet another battle
/act to let owners beat slaves for trying to escape
/deceleration that all slaves in the rebellious Confederate states would be free
/outlaw to slavery
/ an agreement
/ a military draft
/ president and general
/ states that no one can create a law to restrict freedom
/ a state that borders the boundaries of america.

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/common battle site/
/fort of a battle
/the general who destroyed the south with a march
/case for slavery
/infantry nicknamed swamp angels
/city to surrender during the civil war
/the states in which seceded from the us and continued slavery
/ northerners who took to the south
/a house were trails are made
/ During the Civil War, the Union came to mean the government and armies of the North
/ tax paid to the state
/ constitutional law that lets slave men vote
/ the time america was rebuilding from the war
/along with 17
/ the act of working people with no pay
/ president of the union
/the Slave Act, Made popular in most other states
/ a week long bloody battle
/the american war
/ confederate general

48 Clues: /along with 17 • / an agreement • /fort of a battle • /case for slavery • /the american war • /outlaw to slavery • / a military draft • /yet another battle • /common battle site/ • / confederate general • / tax paid to the state • / president and general • / president of the union • /a battle and grave site • / withdraw from something • / warship covered in iron • / a week long bloody battle • ...

Antelbellum America, the Civil War, and Recanstruction Vocabulary 2013-05-16

Antelbellum America, the Civil War, and Recanstruction Vocabulary crossword puzzle

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gin Used to seperate the seeds from the cotton fiber
of chickamauga Union general led his troops seven miles south of chattanooga at chickamauga Creek
bureau A federal government organization etsablished in 1865 that helped the newly freed slaves after the Civil War
proclamation A document issueed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862 that freed the slaves in the confedereacy
Unfair treatment of a person or group because of prejudice
Amendment An amendment to the U.S. Constitution ratified in 1865, that made slavery illegal
of 1850 Legislation passed by Congress by which California entered the Union as a free state
The ability to buy something now and pay for it later over a period of time
farming Owned some agricultural equipment
amendment Granted citizensship to the former slaves and forbade the states from denying anyone the "equal protection of the law"
klux klan Worked to keep the freedmen from voting after the Civil War
amendment Extended the right to vote to all males
lincoln Elected in 1860
states A state that allowed slavery

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codes set of laws passed by Georgia , and most outhern states after the Civil War to restrict the rights of the freedman
To declare invalid
sovereighty The ability if the residnets of an area to decide upon an issue, such as whether they would allow slavery
compromise Legislation passed by congress in 1820 by which Maine entered the Union as a free state, Missouri entered the Union as a slave state, slavery was prohibited north of the southern border of Missouri
and antebellum The period before the Civil War
runners Mostly private ships that slipped around the blockade
The act of pulling out of the Union
Landowners provided land, houses, farming tools, and fertilizer
The period immediately after the Civil War when the south rebulit and the southern states returned to the Union
Confederate prison for Union soldiers
states A state that did not allow slavery
to abolish slavery
The right to vote
rights The belief that states interest should precedence over the interest of the national government

28 Clues: The right to vote • To declare invalid • to abolish slavery • lincoln Elected in 1860 • The act of pulling out of the Union • states A state that allowed slavery • Confederate prison for Union soldiers • states A state that did not allow slavery • farming Owned some agricultural equipment • and antebellum The period before the Civil War • ...

apush crossword 2021-12-20

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slave sues because of extended time in the north he should be free, judge rules that he's property and not a citizen, therefore he didn't have any rights
self-sufficient American economy with increased manufacturing industry
a period in the political history of the United States that reflected rising nationalism in America after between 1817-1825
Women of all ages and even some men went to discuss the rights and conditions of women
pro-slavery constitution written for Kansas' admission to the union
California becomes a free state, NM and UT get to decide whether they want to be free or slave states, stricter Fugitive Slave Laws
the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people
popular sovereignty settles the issue of slavery in these 2 territories
period after the Civil War during which Northern political leaders created plans for the governance of the South and a procedure for former Southern states to rejoin the Union
the notion that women should serve as educators of young men in order to teach them to become productive American citizens and embrace the Enlightenment ideas

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freed all slaves in Confederate states
God given right to expand coast to coast
The "average" American citizen, whose concerns are represented in government
provided food, clothing, education, and job training to freed slaves
Maine joined as a free state and Missouri joined as a slave state. Congress also made a line across the southern border of Missouri saying except for the state of Missouri, all states north of that line must be free states or states without slavery
first major financial crisis in the US, led to foreclosures, bank failures, and unemployment
war between the U.S. and Great Britain caused by American outrage over the impressment of American sailors by the British, the British seizure of American ships, and British aid to the Indians attacking the Americans on the western frontier
Lincoln praises the bravery of Union soldiers and renewed his commitment to winning the Civil War
law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves
first peaceful transfer of power

20 Clues: first peaceful transfer of power • freed all slaves in Confederate states • God given right to expand coast to coast • law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves • pro-slavery constitution written for Kansas' admission to the union • provided food, clothing, education, and job training to freed slaves • ...

vocab review project 2020-09-28

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the belief that the united states is destined by god to expand
integration of people being forced to blend in
people have representatives to vote for them uses principles from both republics and democracies
war between the united states and britain after britain violated americas shipping rights
citizenship now includes african americans
to ensure the federal government could not infringe on individual rights, greatest tool to protect ourselves from oppression of the government
actor who assassinated lincoln
an escaped slave who became a huge abolitionist leader
a tax on sugar,molasses, coffee, and indigo
series of forced relocations of native americans that was a long brutal journey where many died
the united states acquired louisiana territory from france
a slave sued for freedom but the supreme court ruled that there was no case because slaves are property and not people
legal discrimination of african americans used by segregation
granted freedom to the slaves held in confederate states

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granted african american males the right to vote
federal law intended to form native americans into farmers
officially ended all slavery
patriots dressed as natives to dump the kings tea shipment into the harbor
a tax on all paper goods put on the colonists
wagon route and emigrant trail that connected the missouri river to oregon
battle where the british surrendered to washington marking the end of the war
an estate on which crops are cultivated by resident labor
a writer of the declaration of independence and a crucial colonist who fought for their freedom
3 branches, larger states had more power, government had power to tax
a person who wanted to abolish slavery
established by congress to help former slaves and poor whites in the south in the aftermath of the civil war
3 branches all states had equal say no matter population size, gave government power to tax
people get to directly decide on policies instead of having someone represent them
the withdrawal of eleven southern states from union in 1860 leading to the civil war
belief that trading brings you wealth

30 Clues: officially ended all slavery • actor who assassinated lincoln • belief that trading brings you wealth • a person who wanted to abolish slavery • citizenship now includes african americans • a tax on sugar,molasses, coffee, and indigo • a tax on all paper goods put on the colonists • integration of people being forced to blend in • ...

Forming a Government 2025-01-04

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The branch called Congress with two houses that proposes and passes laws.
The Confederation Congress did not have the power to force Great Britain to pay ___________ which allowed the British to continue selling their cheaper goods in the U.S.
A committee of 13 drafted this, it was the first U.S Constitution.
The original goal of this group was to revise the Articles of Confederation, not to draft and whole new Constitution.
These were wrote to help persuade Americans to ratify the Constitution.
This plan for congress was supported by the large states and allowed states to be represented by population.
This compromise was used when deciding a state's slave population in regards to representation in Congress.
Political power belongs to the people.
The compromise between the large states plan and the small states plan.
Due to high taxes and heavy debt, _____________ and other farmers rebelled, leading to "Shay's Rebellion".
The Articles of Confederation gave power to the national government to settle _________________________________.
This determined how western lands would be divided into townships.

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The branch with the President and other departments that run the government.
This plan for congress was supported by the small states and allowed each state equal representation.
Control of the western lands was an issue that needed to be negotiated before all states agreed to ___________ the Articles of Confederation.
Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio were all included in this territory.
In an effort to hurt the economy of the newly developed and young United States, this country forced the U.S to pay high tariffs on goods and closed shipping ports in the West Indies to the U.S ships
The first ten amendments are called _________________ and they protect individual rights.
Antifederalist such as George Mason and ____________ opposed the Constitution because it gave too much power to the national government.
The branch with the Supreme Court and all the national courts.
This person was known as the "Father of the Constitution".
The year that delegates decided that slavery could be banned.

22 Clues: Political power belongs to the people. • This person was known as the "Father of the Constitution". • The year that delegates decided that slavery could be banned. • The branch with the Supreme Court and all the national courts. • A committee of 13 drafted this, it was the first U.S Constitution. • ...

Midterm Vocab Review 2020-09-28

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a post-Civil War American secret society advocating white supremacy.
was a long series of English laws that developed, promoted, and regulated English ships shipping, trade, and commerce between other countries and with its own colonies
They were distinguished by their fierce advocacy for the abolition of slavery, enfranchisement of black citizens, and holding the Southern states financially and morally culpable for the war.
was the period after the American Civil War from 1865 to 1877, during which the United States grappled with the challenges of reintegrating into the Union the states that had seceded and determining the legal status of African Americans.
the process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas.
This amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution.
information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view
was a conflict fought between the United States and its allies, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and its allies
the federal principle or system of government.
the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
a person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies or detractors.
The law authorized the president to negotiate with southern Native American tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for white settlement of their ancestral lands
restriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being.
of confederation
stemmed from the annexation of the Republic of Texas by the U.S. in 1845 and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River (the Mexican claim) or the Rio Grande (the U.S. claim).
an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor.
principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives, who are the source of all political power.
The first permanent English settlement in NorthAmerica
Was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries
pronouncement adopted by the second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776.
The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."

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was the flagship Indian boarding school in the United States from 1879 through 1918. All the school's property, known as the Carlisle Barracks, is now part of the U.S. Army War College. Horrible conditions
indentured laborer is an employee within a system of unfree labor who is bound by a signed or forced contract to work without pay for the owner of theindenture for a period of time.
belief in the benefits of profitable trading commercialism.
the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.
a 1,912-mile continuous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail network at Council Bluffs, Iowa with the Pacific coast at the Oakland Long Wharf on San Francisco Bay.
armed uprising in Western Massachusetts in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry and in opposition to the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes
method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory.
late-18th century movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government
This treaty, signed on February 2, 1848, ended the war between the United States and Mexico. ... By its terms, Mexico ceded 55 percent of its territory, including parts of present-day Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah, to the United States.
a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside.
principle of government under which separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches and are induced to share power.
were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States
pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France, each side supported by military units from the parent country and by Native American allies.
this amendment states All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside
a person who remains loyal to the established ruler or government, especially in the face ofa revolt.
warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs.
A crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower.
acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from France in 1803.
a steel-making process, now largely superseded, in which carbon, silicon, and other impurities are removed from molten pig iron by oxidation in a blast of air in a special tilting retort a Bessemer converter.
war a war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved, or the objectives pursued, especially one in which the laws of war are disregarded.
This amendment states the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
closed down colonial expansion westward beyond Appalachia
a prolonged war or period of conflict during which each side seeks to gradually wearout the other by a series of small-scale actions.
authorized the federal government to break up tribal lands by partitioning them into individual plots. Only those Native Americans who accepted the individual allotments were allowed to become US citizens
legal designation for an area of land managed by a federally recognized Indian tribe under the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs rather than the state governments of the United States in which they are physically located.

48 Clues: of confederation • the federal principle or system of government. • The first permanent English settlement in NorthAmerica • first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. • closed down colonial expansion westward beyond Appalachia • belief in the benefits of profitable trading commercialism. • ...

United States Government 2023-03-03

United States Government crossword puzzle

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remove the president from office
four-year time period of presidency
the Senate and The House of Representatives
branch of government that interprets law
president must take this
executes law
to reject a bill or law
thirty-five, the lowest age a president must be

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two houses of Congress
the president must be a natural-born one of these
president is the Commander in Chief of this
law of the land
branch of government that makes law
President is second in line to be president

14 Clues: executes law • law of the land • two houses of Congress • to reject a bill or law • president must take this • remove the president from office • four-year time period of presidency • branch of government that makes law • branch of government that interprets law • president is the Commander in Chief of this • the Senate and The House of Representatives • ...

United States Map 2022-09-23

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Mexico This State is to the RIGHT of Arizona
The Capital of Alabama
This State is Right Above Texas
York This State Has the Statue of Liberty
This Large State is Right Next to the Pacific Ocean
This State is to the LEFT of Ohio
Largest State in the US

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This State is BELOW Washington
This State is to the LEFT of Alabama
This State is Shaped Like a Glove
Dakota Opposite of South Dakota
The Capital of Michigan
This State is Right Below Georgia
This State is ABOVE Wyoming
The Capital of Texas

15 Clues: The Capital of Texas • The Capital of Alabama • The Capital of Michigan • Largest State in the US • This State is ABOVE Wyoming • This State is BELOW Washington • Dakota Opposite of South Dakota • This State is Right Above Texas • This State is Shaped Like a Glove • This State is Right Below Georgia • This State is to the LEFT of Ohio • This State is to the LEFT of Alabama • ...

States of Matter 2022-09-09

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A group of atoms bonded together
Basic unit of matter
gas to solid
the degree of compactness of a substance.
used to measure the volume of a liquid
Gas to liquid

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a lipped cylindrical glass container for laboratory use.
states of matter
negatively charged particle
solid to gas
Amount of space occupied by an object
Liquid to gas
A small particle in the nucleus of the atom, with no electrical charge
positively charged particle

14 Clues: solid to gas • gas to solid • Liquid to gas • Gas to liquid • states of matter • Basic unit of matter • negatively charged particle • positively charged particle • A group of atoms bonded together • Amount of space occupied by an object • used to measure the volume of a liquid • the degree of compactness of a substance. • a lipped cylindrical glass container for laboratory use. • ...

States of Matter 2021-02-22

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Matter that has a fixed volume and not a fixed shape
The smallest component of an element
that has fixed volume and a fixed shape
The amount of matter within an object
A change that forms new substances
Matter with no fixed volume and no fixed shape
A combination of substances not chemically combined
Matter made up of one kind of atom
Size or state of matter changes but not its composition

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Elements and compounds
This state of matter consists of electrically charged particles
The amount of space an object takes up
Two or more different elements chemically joined together
A Homogeneous Mixture
Anything that takes up space and has mass

15 Clues: A Homogeneous Mixture • Elements and compounds • A change that forms new substances • Matter made up of one kind of atom • The smallest component of an element • The amount of matter within an object • The amount of space an object takes up • that has fixed volume and a fixed shape • Anything that takes up space and has mass • Matter with no fixed volume and no fixed shape • ...

States of Matter 2021-03-05

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This type of property can be observed without changing the chemical composition of the substance
As heat energy increases, the distance between molecules _____.
Anything that has mass and takes up space
State of matter in which atoms or molecules are tightly packed and vibrate
Phase change that occurs when a liquid gains heat energy and changes to gas form
A homogeneous mixture comprised of a solute and solvent
A change in a substance's chemical composition
The mass of a substance divided by its volume

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A state of matter with no definite volume or shape
State of matter that consists of electrically charged particles
Change from a gas to a liquid
The process of a solid changing to a liquid
Phase change in which a liquid changes into solid form
State of matter that has a definite volume, but not definite shape

14 Clues: Change from a gas to a liquid • Anything that has mass and takes up space • The process of a solid changing to a liquid • The mass of a substance divided by its volume • A change in a substance's chemical composition • A state of matter with no definite volume or shape • Phase change in which a liquid changes into solid form • ...

states in USA 2022-05-24

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home to the theodore roosevelt
is now for the grand canyon
is known for vast farm lands
home to the empire state building
home to mount rushmore
home to the space needle

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home to yellowstone national
is known for the northern lights
is known for the state of granite
is known as lone star state
home for deer isle and moosehead lake
tea party
home of the pro football hall of fame
known for its national parks

14 Clues: tea party • home to mount rushmore • home to the space needle • is known as lone star state • is now for the grand canyon • home to yellowstone national • is known for vast farm lands • known for its national parks • home to the theodore roosevelt • is known for the northern lights • is known for the state of granite • home to the empire state building • ...

states in USA 2022-05-24

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home to the theodore roosevelt
is now for the grand canyon
is known for vast farm lands
home to the empire state building
home to mount rushmore
home to the space needle

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home to yellowstone national
is known for the northern lights
is known for the state of granite
is known as lone star state
home for deer isle and moosehead lake
tea party
home of the pro football hall of fame
known for its national parks

States of matter 2022-09-05

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When _______ is added, particles have more energy
Particles in a solid _____________ on the spot
The particles in a liquid _________ past each other
Liquid particles move at a medium ______
A state of matter that spreads out
Particles in a gas move very ______
The change of state from liquid to solid
The change of state from gas to liquid

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Solid particles move slowly and have low _______
The change of state from a liquid to gas
A state of matter that pours
The change of state from a solid to liquid
A state of matter that holds its shape
When heat is ______, particles have less energy

14 Clues: A state of matter that pours • A state of matter that spreads out • Particles in a gas move very ______ • A state of matter that holds its shape • The change of state from gas to liquid • The change of state from a liquid to gas • Liquid particles move at a medium ______ • The change of state from liquid to solid • The change of state from a solid to liquid • ...

States of Matter 2019-12-11

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definite volume and shape
a liquid becomes a gas at the surface
energy cannot be created or destroyed
the movement of particles in a solid
a solid becomes a gas
a solid becomes a liquid

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how the particles in a liquid move
a liquid becomes a solid
a gas becomes a solid
a liquid becomes a gas throughout
particles with the most kinetic energy
a gas becomes a liquid
definite volume but not a definite shape
energy of movement

14 Clues: energy of movement • a gas becomes a solid • a solid becomes a gas • a gas becomes a liquid • a liquid becomes a solid • a solid becomes a liquid • definite volume and shape • a liquid becomes a gas throughout • how the particles in a liquid move • the movement of particles in a solid • a liquid becomes a gas at the surface • energy cannot be created or destroyed • ...

States of matter 2023-08-27

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arranged regularly and packed closely vibrate
change from liquid to gas and happened on the surface
the liquid formed when solute disolves in a solvent
change from gas to liquid
some are touching some are not，move randomly

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the substance that it dissolves
change from solid to liquid
move randomly at a high speed
change from liquid to solid
change from liquid to gas and happened on the surface and inner part
something dissolves in
change from solid to gas
the maxium of solute dissolve in a 100g solvent at a particular temperature
particles move from high concentration to lower concentration

14 Clues: something dissolves in • change from solid to gas • change from gas to liquid • change from solid to liquid • change from liquid to solid • move randomly at a high speed • the substance that it dissolves • some are touching some are not，move randomly • arranged regularly and packed closely vibrate • the liquid formed when solute disolves in a solvent • ...

States of Matter 2024-01-11

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Gas to liquid
Takes the shape of the container it is in. It has a fixed volume but no fixed shape.
How much Matter there is.
How much space matter takes up.
Solid to liquid
Liquid to solid
The smallest unit of matter.

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Liquid to gas
Particles move very fast and are spaced far apart. It has no fixed shape or volume.
A particle composed of a group of atoms
Gas to solid
Anything with mass and volume.
A state of matter that retains its shape and volume.
Solid to gas

14 Clues: Gas to solid • Solid to gas • Liquid to gas • Gas to liquid • Solid to liquid • Liquid to solid • How much Matter there is. • The smallest unit of matter. • Anything with mass and volume. • How much space matter takes up. • A particle composed of a group of atoms • A state of matter that retains its shape and volume. • ...

STATES OF MATER 2024-07-19

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AIR
CANGE SHAPES
COLD OR HOT
DIFFERENT FORMS
GETTING COLD
WARMING UP
THE STAGE BETWEEN WATER AND ICE

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HARD
A GAS
LIQUID TO SOLID
HOT WATER
DISOLVING
OVER HEATING
LIQUID

14 Clues: AIR • HARD • A GAS • LIQUID • HOT WATER • DISOLVING • WARMING UP • COLD OR HOT • CANGE SHAPES • OVER HEATING • GETTING COLD • LIQUID TO SOLID • DIFFERENT FORMS • THE STAGE BETWEEN WATER AND ICE

states and nations 2024-08-03

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an ethnic group or nation that does not possess its own sovereign state
a number of people that occupy a country or area
the art of winning and holding control over a government
dominate power
possession authority
the idea where everyone is born with a blank mind and experiences make up who they are
power given by a position

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a philosopher and political theorist in the 17th century
a political organization of people defining a territory
philosopher, scientist, and historian
people who share the same culture, religion, language, and more
a system that makes rules that for others to follow
an area belonging to someone something or government authorities
trying to understand what the world would be like without rules and government

14 Clues: dominate power • possession authority • power given by a position • philosopher, scientist, and historian • a number of people that occupy a country or area • a system that makes rules that for others to follow • a political organization of people defining a territory • a philosopher and political theorist in the 17th century • ...

States and Capitals 2026-02-17

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Capital of Madhya Pradhesh
Capital of Bihar
Capital of Odisha
Capital of Jharkhand
Capital of Gujarat
Capital of Karnataka

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Capital of West Bengal
Capital of Andhra Pradesh
Capital of Kerala
Capital of Rajasthan
Capital of Assam
Capital of Maharashtra
Capital of Uttar Pradesh
Capital of Tamil Nadu

14 Clues: Capital of Assam • Capital of Bihar • Capital of Kerala • Capital of Odisha • Capital of Gujarat • Capital of Rajasthan • Capital of Jharkhand • Capital of Karnataka • Capital of Tamil Nadu • Capital of West Bengal • Capital of Maharashtra • Capital of Uttar Pradesh • Capital of Andhra Pradesh • Capital of Madhya Pradhesh

United States Government 2025-12-31

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First Amendment protection often challenged in court
Number of Supreme Court justices
Government power over private property
Shared sovereignty system
Upper chamber of Congress
Lawmaking branch collectively
Foundational governing document

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Primary lawmaking body
Branch headed by the president
Branch interpreting the law
Guarantee against arbitrary government action
Process of formally accusing federal officials
First ten constitutional amendments, collectively
Structural doctrine dividing government powers

14 Clues: Primary lawmaking body • Shared sovereignty system • Upper chamber of Congress • Branch interpreting the law • Lawmaking branch collectively • Branch headed by the president • Foundational governing document • Number of Supreme Court justices • Government power over private property • Guarantee against arbitrary government action • Process of formally accusing federal officials • ...

States of Matter 2026-04-01

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The process where a liquid turns into a solid
What happens to a gas when you apply pressure to it
The random movement of particles caused by heat energy
The energy of motion; the faster particles move, the more of this they have
State of matter with no definite shape or volume
The process where a gas turns into a liquid
The tiny particles that make up all matter
State of matter with no definite shape but a definite volume

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The measure of how fast particles are moving in a substance
The process where a solid turns into a liquid
The process where a solid turns directly into a gas without becoming a liquid
The process where a liquid turns into a gas
How tightly packed particles are in a substance (measure of mass per volume)
State of matter with a definite shape and volume

14 Clues: The tiny particles that make up all matter • The process where a liquid turns into a gas • The process where a gas turns into a liquid • The process where a liquid turns into a solid • The process where a solid turns into a liquid • State of matter with no definite shape or volume • State of matter with a definite shape and volume • ...

United States Constitution 2025-02-28

United States Constitution crossword puzzle

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and Balances The system that ensures one branch doesn’t become too powerful
The leader of the Executive Branch
The branch that interprets the laws
The introduction to the Constitution
The division of power between national and state governments
of Confederation The first governing document of the U.S., replaced by the Constitution
Court The highest court in the United States
of Powers The division of government into three parts
A change or addition to the Constitution

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The group of advisors to the President
The branch that enforces the laws
The branch that makes the laws
of Rights The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution
Sovereignty The principle that people have the power in government

14 Clues: The branch that makes the laws • The branch that enforces the laws • The leader of the Executive Branch • The branch that interprets the laws • The introduction to the Constitution • The group of advisors to the President • A change or addition to the Constitution • Court The highest court in the United States • of Powers The division of government into three parts • ...

States of Matter 2025-01-12

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_________ energy is energy that's stored and not moving
the process of a liquid becoming a solid
state of matter where particle move and are close to each other, has some kinetic energy
the process of a gas becoming a liquid
_________ energy is energy of motion or movement
the process of a solid becoming a liquid

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the process of a liquid becoming a gas
one of more atoms combined
anything with mass that takes up space
how much space matter takes up
to change states of matter, you have to add or take away ________
the smallest building block of an element (or all matter)
state of matter where particle move fast and are far apart, has the most kinetic energy
state of matter where particle barely move and are packed together, has very little kinetic energy

14 Clues: one of more atoms combined • how much space matter takes up • the process of a liquid becoming a gas • anything with mass that takes up space • the process of a gas becoming a liquid • the process of a liquid becoming a solid • the process of a solid becoming a liquid • _________ energy is energy of motion or movement • ...

United States Government 2025-08-14

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The theory that people are born a blank slate
A philosopher that believed that humans need strong authority to avoid chaos
The supreme authority of a territory
A political place that has a population, territory, sovereignty and government
A philosopher that believed in natural rights
The ability to control people
A group that is united by similar beliefs
Power given by the people

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A cultural group without an independent state
The land that is used by a state
The way people were before society
A system for making laws
The amount of people
A process to make decisions

14 Clues: The amount of people • A system for making laws • Power given by the people • A process to make decisions • The ability to control people • The land that is used by a state • The way people were before society • The supreme authority of a territory • A group that is united by similar beliefs • A cultural group without an independent state • ...

states of matter 2025-05-16

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a special kind of mix where two liquids that don't normally mix together are forced to stay together
like a tiny gatekeeper, allowing some things to pass through while keeping others back
a very finely divided substance which is scattered throughout another substance
little pieces of dirt, sand, pebbles, or even bits of dead plants or animals that fall to the bottom of a liquid or get carried by wind or water
when you put two or more different things together, but they don't chemically change or get mixed into one new thing
a special liquid that can break down or dissolve other stuff, forming a new mixture called a solution
when something that's solid turns into a liquid, like ice turning into water when it warms up

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a basic substance made of only one kind of atom, which is like a tiny, tiny piece
something is clean and not mixed with anything else
when a liquid, like water, gets so hot that it starts to turn into a gas (steam) and creates bubbles
making something weaker or thinner, usually by adding water or another liquid to it
when a liquid, like water, turns into a gas, called water vapor, and goes into the air
a temporary punishment where they are not allowed to attend school or school-related activities for a set period, typically a few days
describes how much matter (stuff) is packed into a certain amount of space (volume)

14 Clues: something is clean and not mixed with anything else • a very finely divided substance which is scattered throughout another substance • a basic substance made of only one kind of atom, which is like a tiny, tiny piece • making something weaker or thinner, usually by adding water or another liquid to it • ...

States and Nations 2025-08-12

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a group of people that share similar beliefs, religion, race, and culture.
being able to govern yourself and others with no interference from a larger government.
was a philosopher who believed that in a state of nature humans will rebel without their natural rights Life, Liberty, and property.
a population with sovereignty, government, and territory.
A group of people who are a nation but don’t share a state.
people who live in a specific area.
the ability to have influence over others.

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The parties and people who run for government and what they stand for and how they govern.
was a philosopher that believed in a state of nature humans would turn into savages and do anything to survive without a social contract and that life would be nasty, brutish, and short.
elected power that is accepted as “right”.
A geographic area defined by boundaries that belongs to a government.
An institution that is in charge of decisions, justice, law, protection, defense , and has authority above its citizens.
Latin for “blank state” and was Locke's belief that experiences shape humans rather than how they are born.
Philosophical idea about life without authority or government

14 Clues: people who live in a specific area. • elected power that is accepted as “right”. • the ability to have influence over others. • a population with sovereignty, government, and territory. • A group of people who are a nation but don’t share a state. • Philosophical idea about life without authority or government • ...

Government mid-term crossword 2022-01-03

Government mid-term crossword crossword puzzle

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ensures that states recognize the laws and documents,and court proceedings of the other States.
supported a weaker central government felt too much power was taken from the states and wanted a bill of rights
no State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States.
God's given rights to life liberty and property
dividing the national
assigns certain powers to the National Government and certain powers to the States
a type of government where the people hold the power and elected representatives to govern according to the rule of law.
powers given to congress by the constitution itself
a type of government where the power of the national has less power then the state government.
the implicit agreement between people and their government. People sacrifice a piece of their freedom and consent to be ruled in exchange for the government's protection of their lives , liberty , and property.
supported the constitution and a strong central government
Congress has the power to restrict the use of American forces in combat in areas where a state of war does not exist.
establishes the constitution and the supreme law of the land
a letter to the king of England written by Thomas Jefferson
states the expressed powers of congress.
powers that aren't specifically in the constitution but are found though deduction.

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the first 10 admendments added to the constitution.
allows members of Congress to mail letters and other materials postage free by substituting their facsimile signature for the postage
a type of grant that state has more control on what to use it for
a type of grant that is used for a specific purpose
into three separate branches and assigning separate responsibilities instead of one.
agreements between states allowed by congress
is the legal process by which a fugitive from one state is returned to that state
powers granted viva the constitution's creation of an national government
gives each of three branches of government the power to restrict the actions of others

25 Clues: dividing the national • states the expressed powers of congress. • agreements between states allowed by congress • God's given rights to life liberty and property • the first 10 admendments added to the constitution. • a type of grant that is used for a specific purpose • powers given to congress by the constitution itself • ...

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powers saved for the states
no State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States
the surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty)
the first step in the state admission procedure which enables the people of a territory to prepare a constitution
powers that can be exercised by the National Government alone
powers not specifically mentioned in the constitution reasonably suggested.
Greg Hartman, Chris Monzel, Todd Portune
Thought that Government should be free of parties, Established a Council-Manager form of government, New charter created a nine-member council, Mandated nonpartisan municipal elections and proportional representation with preference-ranked voting
An agreement among two or more states. Congress must approve most such agreements.
Maureen O'Connor

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Giving money back to the state and local government with no strings attached
power that belongs to the National Government because it is the government of the sovereign state within the world community
an act creating a new state
Grant for which Congress appropriates funds for a specific purpose
powers that are shared by both the National and state governments
a system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
grants made to States, private agencies for projects
powers that congress has that are specifically listed in the constitution spelled out expressly.
faithandCreditClause Constitution's requirement that each state accept the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state
Powers specifically given to the federal government by the US Constitution, for example, the authority to print money.
John Kasich
grants of federal money or other resources to the states or their cities, counties, and other local units.
Mary Taylor
one type of federal grants-in-aid for some particular but broadly defined area of public policy
Basic principle of federalism; the constitutional provisions by which governmental powers are divided on a geographic basis (in the United States, between the National Government and the States).

25 Clues: John Kasich • Mary Taylor • Maureen O'Connor • powers saved for the states • an act creating a new state • Greg Hartman, Chris Monzel, Todd Portune • grants made to States, private agencies for projects • powers that can be exercised by the National Government alone • powers that are shared by both the National and state governments • ...

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levied on individual earnings has become the major source of money for the national government
hand over (a person accused or convicted of a crime) to the jurisdiction of the foreign state in which the crime was committed.
Those powers that the national government may exercise simply because it is a government are its
the basis for the implied powers is the necessary and proper clause (Article I, Section 8).
one of the earliest federalists
when signed by the president, enables the people of the territory interested in becoming a state to prepare a constitution
Those powers that the national government requires to carry out the powers that are expressly defined in the Constitution are called
One view the favors state and local action in dealing with problems.
landmark case of 1819
Since the mid 1960s, Congress has used ______, or the power to assume responsibility for a state government function, in order to gain authority over a state.
another early federalist

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those powers granted to the national government under the United States Constitution
Article VI, Section 2, of the Constitution makes the acts and treaties of the United States supreme.
The Constitution states that full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts,records,and judicial proceedings of every other state
The courts have never given a complete listing of
forbidding racial discrimination in public accommodations such as hotels and restaurants
government and the states have.
are those powers directly expressed or stated in the Constitution by the Founders.
The Constitution also reserves certain powers strictly to the states.
A nationalist Chief Justice; presided during McCulloch
The principal way in which states may do this is to negotiate
Expressed powers are also called
are those powers that both the
A second view the favors national action in dealing with these matters.
- This clause applies only to civil law, or laws relating to disputes between individuals, groups, or with the state
The main way the national government provides money to the states is through

26 Clues: landmark case of 1819 • another early federalist • are those powers that both the • government and the states have. • one of the earliest federalists • Expressed powers are also called • The courts have never given a complete listing of • A nationalist Chief Justice; presided during McCulloch • The principal way in which states may do this is to negotiate • ...

Civil War 2023-05-12

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Referred to as the Confederacy . Name of the unrecognized ¨country¨ temporarily created by the southern states which seceded from the union.
Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery.
Act Law allowed those territories to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery by utilizing popular voting.
Slave states that stayed with the United States during the civil war.
16th president, he was president during the Civil War
The action of formally withdrawing from a federation
A war between citizens of the same country. The American civil war was a war between Americans over states rights. It was a 4 year war and over 600,000 Americans died.
An enslaved African American man, he unsuccessfully sued for his freedom, and the case went to the supreme court.

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The 13th amendment abolished slavery, and the 14th granted all citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S. . 15th prohibited the denial of the vote because of race, color, or previous servitude.
Required all escaped slaves to be returned to their masters and that citizens of free states must cooperate.
of 1850 California wanted to join the union as a free state which caused conflict between the North and the South
To be set free. Lincoln's emancipation proclamation set free all slaves in the confederacy only.
Numerous laws enacted in the former Confederate states after the civil war limited the rights and liberties of African Americans.
A place where weapons and other military supplies are stored.
Abolitionist, Led attacks in Kansas during ¨bleeding Kansas¨, planned to arm slaves in a revolt.
The largest organizational group of soldiers, made up of one or more corps.
The period of U.S. history immediately following the Civil War in which the conditions that would allow the rebellious Southern states back into the Union.
To lie in wait for an unexpected attack.
An anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It helped spread the abolitionist movement throughout the north.
marked the official beginning of the American Civil Wa

20 Clues: To lie in wait for an unexpected attack. • Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery. • The action of formally withdrawing from a federation • 16th president, he was president during the Civil War • marked the official beginning of the American Civil Wa • A place where weapons and other military supplies are stored. • ...

Civil War 2024-05-09

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The Southern states that seceded from the United States and formed their own government during the Civil War.
Locations where military engagements or battles took place during the Civil War.
The principle that states have the authority to govern themselves independently of the federal government, a contentious issue leading up to the Civil War.
Large-caliber weapons used in warfare, such as cannons and mortars.
The Northern states that remained loyal to the United States government during the Civil War, also referring to the preservation of the United States as a single nation.
Foot soldiers who fought on the ground, armed with rifles and bayonets.
A person who advocated for the complete abolition of slavery.
The process of restoring friendly relations between opposing factions or parties.
The period following the Civil War in which the United States sought to rebuild and reunify the nation, addressing the social, economic, and political aftermath of the conflict.
Mounted soldiers trained for combat on horseback, often used for reconnaissance and skirmishing during the Civil War.

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The act of withdrawing or breaking away from a larger political entity, such as a state seceding from the Union.
The act of using naval forces to prevent ships from entering or leaving ports, often used as a military strategy during the Civil War.
Military structures or defenses built to protect strategic locations, such as forts, trenches, and earthworks.
The compulsory enlistment of people into military service, also known as the draft.
Persons killed, wounded, or missing in action during a military conflict.
A small-scale battle or clash between opposing forces.
The act of setting free or liberating individuals from slavery.
A type of warship protected by iron or steel armor, used during the Civil War to revolutionize naval warfare.
The act of yielding to the authority or control of another, often referring to the capitulation of one side in a conflict to the other.
warfare Irregular military tactics used by small, mobile groups to harass and disrupt enemy forces.

20 Clues: A small-scale battle or clash between opposing forces. • A person who advocated for the complete abolition of slavery. • The act of setting free or liberating individuals from slavery. • Large-caliber weapons used in warfare, such as cannons and mortars. • Foot soldiers who fought on the ground, armed with rifles and bayonets. • ...

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a political group in the late 18th century who opposed the creation of a stronger federal government and the ratification of the 1787 Constitution
a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, primarily caused by British practices like "impressment"
violent protest against a new tax on distilled spirits and the stills that produced them.
a diplomatic incident between the United States and France that occurred in 1797 and 1798 during the presidency of John Adams
proposed a strong central government composed of three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.
an agreement made during the drafting of the US Constitution where enslaved people were counted as three-fifths of a person when determining a state's population for representation in Congress
authority of the federal courts to declare that actions by the federal or state government violate the Constitution.
"Give me liberty or give me death'
foreign policy statement made by President James Monroe in 1823 that outlined the United States' role in the Western Hemisphere and its relationship with Europe:
a tax or fee imposed on imported goods to protect domestic industries from foreign competitio

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written in 1812 and limited the power of the king
The Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were both written in this state
the belief in manifest destiny, federally issued Indian removal acts, and economic promise
signed on February 2, 1848, in the Mexican city of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the Mexican-American War:
someone who believes in the type of political system in which states or territories share control with a central government.
government of a country by its own people, especially after having been a colony
The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France, doubling the size of the country.
led the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War, helped create the U.S. Constitution, and served as the first president of the United States.
the first constitution of the United States, establishing the country's national government after the American Revolution:
known as Revolutionaries, Continentals, Rebels, or Whigs, were colonists in the Thirteen Colonies who opposed the Kingdom of Great Britain's control

20 Clues: "Give me liberty or give me death' • written in 1812 and limited the power of the king • government of a country by its own people, especially after having been a colony • The Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were both written in this state • violent protest against a new tax on distilled spirits and the stills that produced them. • ...

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